Import greyed out in Outlook for Mac

I am also having the same issue please help to resolve this....

Found a solution that worked for me.

Click the OUTLOOK menu in the upper left corner of your screen (next to the apple) > click on where it says (NEW OUTLOOK) in the list with the check next to it. This will switch the interface back to the traditional, classic look of Outlook. You'll need to re-add your email account (???? smh) but after setup magically the options are no longer greyed out. A really simple fix that is completely non-intuitive for the user. Ridiculous. There's no less than a dozen posts about this issue and no solutions. Seriously, come on Microsoft. Do better.

I don't understand. Functionality of Outlook on mac is about 15-20% of windows' version.
New outlook on mac is practically non-functional. I can't import anything. Solution above is mad. When i unchecked 'new outlook' and import emails from backup / *.pst and I change to "new outlook" there is almost nothing (no importing emails).

No categorizing, no quick steps, almost . It is not worth $5. Almost everything is greyed out.

did this and the "import" is not greyed out but i want to import a calendar file .ics

and there is no option to import a calendar file

only outlook data from other editions and os's

what gives microsoft ?

why can't we easily import our contacts and calendar ?

so darn frustrating ... and sloppy

i am not greyed out for import but there are no options for importing contacts or calendars only outlook formats

just exactly how am i supposed to get calendars and contacts into outlook ?