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Dear All,
Outlook offered to switch my application to the new Outlook version (there is a switch item below the window close button).
It looks like the in-browser version and works better than the former, but it has a missing option in the attachments drop-down menu, called 'save as'.
We get a lot of documents in our emails, which should be saved in different projects' locations on a local hard drive. The in-browser version and the former desktop app have this option but this new app does not.
How can I add this function back again?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
István
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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Still no fix. Outlook has now forced me to use the new version and can not save how I want.
A gentle reminder to all those tired of waiting for Microsoft to act on the basic and fundamental issue. There are other email clietns out there that do have "Save As" as well any many other featuers of Outlook. I got tired of waiting and switched.
I wish I could switch back! As of today it forced me to switch to NEW outlook, OLD outlook will no longer open and still... NO SAVE AS FUNCTION! It makes me so annoyed.
Yes, please add the save as feature back. It is somewhat ridiculous to have to download a file and then go drag it to the appropriate location when we could simply do a save as.
Dear István HORVÁTH,
Good day!
Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are glad to assist.
As per your mentioned description about "No 'SAVE AS' option for attachments in new Outlook desktop app". after thorough research and testing I found that this particular setting only exists in the classic Outlook and is not yet available in New Outlook for Windows at this moment. I have tested on my side and reproduced your issue as shown in the attached screenshots.
The New Outlook is in a Preview state, and they are still working on the platform/foundation of the application itself. At this stage of the development, luckily restarting the client is very quick. As an alternative, you can switch back to "Classic" Outlook by turning New Outlook Off
However, thank you so much for bringing this to our attention, your suggestion is very helpful, and I believe it could make the use of New Outlook even better. Since New Outlook for Windows is still in active development, we will surely raise your concerns to our Product Development Team and hopefully this can be included in the future updates. In the meantime, we sincerely recommend you post your concern as an idea to our Outlook in-app feedback site Contact support and provide feedback within the new Outlook for Windows - Microsoft Support
Our Product Development Team are committed to enhancing the customer experience by continually examining suggestions to include in the design and development of future product upgrades based on your suggestions. Hopefully, your suggestion will help many users in the future.
Thank you for your time and understanding. For other questions, feel free to add your post in the Microsoft Community. Have a nice day!
Best regards,
Inema | Microsoft Community Moderator
You can add a save option by going to:
settings - mail - customize actions - tick the box for Save (half way down on the right hand side).
To Save:
Double click email
Click the three dots in the top right corner
Click save (will be downloaded to downloads folder)
Enjoy!