Quick Steps New Outlook - no more shortcut options from 1 to 4

Anonymous
2023-04-19T13:00:17+00:00

Hello everyone,

I am trying the new Outlook this week and noticed that the shortcut options CTRL + SHIFT + 1 to 4 are no longer available. The only options shown are from 5 to 9. This is not feasible for me since I use the ctrl + shift + 1 to 3 options to move emails using only one hand.

Does anyone know why Microsoft removed the other shortcut options or if this change is going to be permanent?

Thank you!

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-06-13T19:32:05+00:00

    Removing existing shortcuts was a terrible idea. Rules that some people previously used no longer exist and are forced to learn a new way which is creating folder archives to become mixed and disorganized. Like many things with the newest version of Outlook, this was a poor design choice and should be left up to users to decide before implementing something that changes peoples' and businesses daily process.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-06-12T18:02:08+00:00

    Hear! Hear! 😖

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-06-12T14:51:27+00:00

    this was 2 years ago and you still havent fixed this. Microsoft is about to force its user to only use the new outlook, when its on such poor state????

    not only I have to manually move all my delayed send messages, and manually customize everything one more time, but you cahnged every single shortcut, which absolutely makes 0 sense, and basic features such as quick steps are not even fully operational in June 2025? when can we expect a time line for these to be fixed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-06-05T10:10:46+00:00

    I managed, but for auto hot key version 2, you need this code.

    #Requires AutoHotkey v2.0

    ; Only activate hotkeys when Outlook is active

    #HotIf WinActive("ahk_class Olk Host")

    ^+1::Send("^+6")

    ^+2::Send("^+7")

    ^+3::Send("^+8")

    ^+4::Send("^+9")

    #HotIf ; Ends the context-sensitive block

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-06-05T09:45:08+00:00

    Hi,

    best post among all! However, I fail to get it running. Could you make a video about it?

    Thank you

    Sebastian

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