No 'SAVE AS' option for attachments in new Outlook desktop app

Anonymous
2023-05-08T09:29:48+00:00

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

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-21T19:31:26+00:00

    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.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-19T11:36:20+00:00

    I never left Classic because I knew that Microsoft never acts quickly. Hopefully I will be able to switch sometime before the end of the decade.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-09-19T11:25:50+00:00

    It's september already, and nothing's done ... I guess they don't give a d.. . Had to revert back to classic

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-09-09T20:36:19+00:00

    How is this still not fixed? It is 9/9/2023. This is not a difficult feature to add. Every user who saves an attachment wants to save to a specific location, how hard is it to understand that? This is a simple code somebody could write in a few minutes. Disappointed with Microsoft yet again! How many employees do you have???

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-09-07T21:13:01+00:00

    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.

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    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

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    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

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    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

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