How do I make a copy of the same draft email the new Outlook?

Anonymous
2023-12-06T14:54:35+00:00

I often have to send alot of the same email, but slightly different variations. In the old outlook, I would go to my Drafts and CTRL + C and then CTRL + V to make multiple copies of the same draft email.

I am not able to do this in the New Outlook 365. Is there a workaround or new way to do this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-21T21:27:07+00:00

    It is possible to use the Ctl + F function to duplicate a Draft email.

    1. Select the draft message and click the Pop Out option in the upper right.
    2. With the draft email in the Pop Out mode use the Ctl + F option. A new draft message will be created. You can modify the duplicated message and send it without disturbing the original draft.

    Hope this helps!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-22T06:16:15+00:00

    Sadly Ctrl-F doesn't retain the distribution for the email. You'd also need to copy & paste the contents of the To: CC: and BCC: fields. You didn't need to do this when you could simply copy & paste a draft email. I've now rolled back to the previous version of Outlook as I use this function multiple times per day for distributing reports.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-22T14:24:49+00:00

    Yes, I also found that going back to Legacy was the only solution (especially on the Mac, as the only "workaround"--Forward--is greyed out).

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-28T09:46:32+00:00

    Plus one for the return of the ability to duplicate drafts.

    I've found a work around that works for me in Outlook for Windows.

    Create a subfolder in drafts

    From drafts folder click+Ctrl, drag and drop the original draft into the subfolder

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-31T12:37:55+00:00

    That's really frustrating that you cannot create a duplicate and particularly because template emails just create the body not the whole thing including attachments, subject and any other parts.

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