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I just tried the NEW outlook.
I can sort by names A-Z, but then I have to scroll to find the person.
The old outlook, I could just type the first letter and it would jump to that name.
Is there a setting in the new outlook that allows you to jump to the letter when typed?
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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Jesse Hart's fix worked for me:
I found the fix, or at least for my situation.
Right click on a column header, then view settings.
Click on "other settings"
Under "Other options" make sure to check "Use compact layout in widths smaller than"
For me, this affected the ability to jump to a name (or subject if I sorted that column).
This worked for me. Thank you!
Thank you for this!!! This solved it. Thank G** you posted this.
BTW this isn't the Jesse Hart from Hart Pictures, is it?! AKA.. .MY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER?!
Why would MS remove THE most widely used feature???? Did someone leave this out of development by mistake? I honestly don't know if I can keep using Outlook without this feature. Seriously, why was it removed???? Can someone from MS answer why it was removed???????????????? and not some corporate BS excuse, like actually why was it removed?
This ridiculous that Microsoft doesn't care for months to fix small damn thing making users to switch back to classic versions. Simply, UNBELIEVABLE! Very frustrating!
@Microsoft!! Hearing this at all?