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I use the new version of outlook. The drop down menu for attachments, suggests three files; none is the most recent file used/saved. I have to go into my word documents folders, find the file, and open it to attach it to an email. How can I get the drop down menu of suggested files to display my most recently worked on file?
Using New Outlook on Windows for professional communication and productivity
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Its easy. After you press the paperclip icon to attach a file, click 'browse this computer" then, the crucial step, press the 'Home" tab you see on the left. That will then list 'quick access' 'favourites' and 'recent' . Why this extra step is needed, who knows....
I have not been able to resolve this issue. I have noticed, however, that NEWLY created documents show up in the list after they are saved. It seems it is only documents that have been saved, reopened, and edited that don't appear now.
We need to keep this thread alive... Recent Files was a super useful feature in the old Oultook. Hunting around File Explorer and dragging/dropping files into emails in new Outlook is a time killer!
This issue has also impacted my work flow. When multiple departments are editing and sharing documents, the "recent" files is a much more relevant pool for a drop down menu than "suggested" files. I have switched back to the old version. Staying posted for any solution to this issue.
I can't believe this hasn't been fixed yet. I finally got fed up (and curious) and searched how to re-enable this feature in the new Outlook and wound up here. I've been using it since late October and have been missing the ability to click on attach and pick the file I just edited to attach to an email.
Fix this Microsoft!