How do I change the display name of emails on "New Outlook"?

The instructions the advisor gave are for Outlook 365, not New Outlook.

Yep, no 'file' in my New Outlook account either! For some reason, when you right click on the account name, where you see 'rename' it's greyed out. Why? This would be the logical way to change the name displayed but it's unavailable. Very annoying!

Hello,

Thanks for reaching out. I'm Dave, a Microsoft Outlook user just like yourself. I'm happy to be helping other users in the community!

You should be able to change the name in which you see your email accounts by going to File-> Account Settings> Account Settings, double clicking the account in question, then changing the “Account name” field.

Kind Regards,
Dave
Microsoft Community Member

I keep seeing "file"-> as first step in directions, but there is no file link in any of my outlook or ms operating windows. what does file mean? I can find a settings icon, but those of course are in different areas and control settings for different operations. For this question changing email name do you mean by file to go to my email main page - then click on settings icon at top??? this is not first time I've seen file used as first step in answering a question. thanks

I switched FROM Thunderbird because at least for me and my IMAP account Thunderbird was painfully slow to do anything. Waiting minutes to delete email, even after compacting/optimizing/rebuilding the account. Outlook is much faster, but poor in essential features.

I switched to Thunderbird instead of New Outlook. In the current state, it is miles better.