After researching how to get it back to how it looked, which was much more in my taste, much easier to navigate, had what I needed and nothing more, - I now see I can't get it back after it was updated. I think i'm gonna completely disgard of this email, I liked how it looked on PC, it was dark, fast, easy to find things, now it's very complicated with a lot of options and tools i have no use for, and it's bright, with small buttons everywhere. The browser version is alright, so that is what I will be using. I will uninstall outlook completely as a program from my PC, as I do not wish to have this update, and it's more trouble and much more confusing and irritating, than helping and good. It will complicate work and how easy it was before, but that's just how it is, when updates are being forced upon people. It's a typical thing of big coperations to do this, so it dosen't surprise me, that some people who think they know it all, make something new, to shove down the users throat, instead of being able to choose ourselves.

Total ****! No Send/Receive Button. Then when I switched back to old Outlook it wouldn't let me add my IMAP accounts. So, had to change my profile. Total ****!

I've absolutely had enough of the New Outlook. Nothing short of horrible (as what is already said here). I'm going back to Classic. My huge frustration is that it just lacks any of the functions that Word has. Simple things like 'Convert Text to Table' is not possible in the new version. This is just one of the many examples of the things that has been stripped out and made it an inefficient way to do business. I'm all for embracing new tech, but this is just beyond a joke. It seriously needs some attention to make it more usable.

Microsoft is absolutely dropping the ball with this Outlook "update". It's appauling, honestly. Name a single average consumer, let alone a professional relying on a consistent and easy to use interface, that approves of these nonsensical changes. ****ALSO, IMPLEMENT SPELL-CHECK NATIVELY IN YOUR FORUMS! YOU'VE GOT AI BUILT INTO YOUR BROWSER FFS! @?@?@!!!?>

Yes there will be a day of “forcing”. One day the MacOS version will move to the “new” version of Outlook and the “revert to legacy” function will be gone. There are no registry hacks in MacOS to stop that. The day will also come that native Outlook app support will be stopped. Not because the client will no longer posses the capability, technically. But because Microsoft will end support. At that time you’ll move over or not have email. It’s not the first time this has happened, by the way. But the way that you claim there isn’t any “forcing”, is strange. Of course they can’t literally make you use their new ****. You just can’t use the native app version you like. They will freeze you out. So it’s webmail for you, or what? I have a solution for my personal space. I’m a Mac user. Apple mail will work. It won’t have all of the feature set, but it’s native and it’s an actual email client. In the professional space, I’m screwed and forced to use this “new” garbage.

My new outlook does not have a file tab. There is no send receive button. Nor is there a settings button. There is no "in" feature to lock in the ribbon I want. In the editor feature there is no option to add a word to the dictionary. Are we just supposed to know where you have put these things somehow by magic? I know they are probably there somewhere...but WHERE? So frustrting! I would go through a tutorial but I am leaving for Scotland to facilitate my brother's funeral and I simply don't have the time. You have taken a perfectly good program and made it impossible to intuitively guess what you have done. You have ruined a program that was not functionally obsolete. Before you roll out a new version, you should test it with normal people not the engineers that create it. Sincerely, LaWanda Badger

The new update on OUTLOOK mail, is terrible

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After researching how to get it back to how it looked, which was much more in my taste, much easier to navigate, had what I needed and nothing more, - I now see I can't get it back after it was updated.
I think i'm gonna completely disgard of this email, I liked how it looked on PC, it was dark, fast, easy to find things, now it's very complicated with a lot of options and tools i have no use for, and it's bright, with small buttons everywhere.

The browser version is alright, so that is what I will be using. I will uninstall outlook completely as a program from my PC, as I do not wish to have this update, and it's more trouble and much more confusing and irritating, than helping and good. It will complicate work and how easy it was before, but that's just how it is, when updates are being forced upon people.

It's a typical thing of big coperations to do this, so it dosen't surprise me, that some people who think they know it all, make something new, to shove down the users throat, instead of being able to choose ourselves.

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2023-11-12T16:10:41+00:00

Total ****! No Send/Receive Button. Then when I switched back to old Outlook it wouldn't let me add my IMAP accounts. So, had to change my profile. Total ****!
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2023-11-10T00:01:27+00:00

I've absolutely had enough of the New Outlook. Nothing short of horrible (as what is already said here). I'm going back to Classic.

My huge frustration is that it just lacks any of the functions that Word has. Simple things like 'Convert Text to Table' is not possible in the new version.

This is just one of the many examples of the things that has been stripped out and made it an inefficient way to do business. I'm all for embracing new tech, but this is just beyond a joke. It seriously needs some attention to make it more usable.
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2023-11-09T23:29:38+00:00

Microsoft is absolutely dropping the ball with this Outlook "update". It's appauling, honestly. Name a single average consumer, let alone a professional relying on a consistent and easy to use interface, that approves of these nonsensical changes.

****ALSO, IMPLEMENT SPELL-CHECK NATIVELY IN YOUR FORUMS! YOU'VE GOT AI BUILT INTO YOUR BROWSER FFS! @?@?@!!!?>
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2023-11-09T11:14:25+00:00

Yes there will be a day of “forcing”. One day the MacOS version will move to the “new” version of Outlook and the “revert to legacy” function will be gone. There are no registry hacks in MacOS to stop that.

The day will also come that native Outlook app support will be stopped. Not because the client will no longer posses the capability, technically. But because Microsoft will end support.

At that time you’ll move over or not have email. It’s not the first time this has happened, by the way. But the way that you claim there isn’t any “forcing”, is strange. Of course they can’t literally make you use their new ****. You just can’t use the native app version you like. They will freeze you out. So it’s webmail for you, or what?

I have a solution for my personal space. I’m a Mac user. Apple mail will work. It won’t have all of the feature set, but it’s native and it’s an actual email client.

In the professional space, I’m screwed and forced to use this “new” garbage.
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2023-11-09T02:05:52+00:00

My new outlook does not have a file tab. There is no send receive button. Nor is there a settings button. There is no "in" feature to lock in the ribbon I want. In the editor feature there is no option to add a word to the dictionary. Are we just supposed to know where you have put these things somehow by magic? I know they are probably there somewhere...but WHERE? So frustrting!

I would go through a tutorial but I am leaving for Scotland to facilitate my brother's funeral and I simply don't have the time.

You have taken a perfectly good program and made it impossible to intuitively guess what you have done. You have ruined a program that was not functionally obsolete. Before you roll out a new version, you should test it with normal people not the engineers that create it.

Sincerely,

LaWanda Badger
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