Outlook sort by name, but can't jump to name

Anonymous
2023-05-16T15:40:26+00:00

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?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-10T03:46:03+00:00

    Well done Microsoft, just another way for you to make our lives more difficult, give your R$D team a pat on the head for not thinking about your millions of users , cause they only use apple personally.

    stupid, that was the best function about outlook, search quickly "From" then type a letter to get to the person who sent it!!!

    urg!!!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-13T16:45:24+00:00

    My Company forced us to adopt the new version. It is frustrating to see that after one year this is still an issue (for users not for Microsoft who doesn't care).

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-15T21:35:04+00:00

    Hi all. I am using the new outlook for mac. I turned on "show group headers" in the settings. With that enabled, I sorted by name and am now able to type a character and it will advance to the first group header with that character (or nearest one).

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-16T09:26:43+00:00

    I switched from Old to New think "Ooh new shiny stuff" .... Boy was I wrong, I was most definitely NOT shiny.

    This feature is one of my most used and therefore, within 5 minutes, I was back on the old version.

    C'Mon Microsoft, Get this sorted please - If you want people to migrate to your newer tools, at least make sure it has, at the very least, the same features.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-29T12:32:45+00:00

    I presume this is with the old outlook?

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