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
    2023-12-29T14:34:36+00:00

    This is a issue that a generated a lot of discussion. MS seems to have gone to sleep or has reached a level of incompetence where even reinstating such a basic, but essential, feature is beyond their ailities. Or perhaps they are unable to understand what Outlook users want and need. Either way, I think the folks at MS are more to be pitied than censured. So sad to see the low levels of functionality that they are sinking to.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-02T19:54:28+00:00

    Also, drag and drop of file attachments to/from emails is an essential feature.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-22T03:31:30+00:00

    Hallelujah! I don’t know why but I went and checked out the new Outlook just now. The Save As option is finally working properly!! Clicking on the 3 dots opens Save As. Click on that and you have the option of saving to a folder of your choice. It took a long time, but maybe the problem is finally resolved!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-22T20:07:43+00:00

    The work around I found for "File Save As" is Download, which then opens your file explorer options to save to a server or other location.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-23T17:27:27+00:00

    Not to be celebrated. You still have to click on the file and then click on the dots and then save as. At least, there is "A" way, but still not as efficient as normal Outlook. Imagine having five (5) attachments; you have to click on each and then the dots and then save as. In normal Outlook, I can just right-click on an attachment and save it where I want. Even better, I can click and drag the files to a folder of my choosing.

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