Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
Thank you so much community members that posted as I Googled today and this thread came up. Thought I was going mad with a shrunken search box and a large app box that I couldn't find to turn off that you couldn't even click in. Why did it suddenly appear - because Microsoft had tweaked something that then impacted this?
The thread above worked for me 'The Outlook Team implemented a fix for this issue in Version 2401 Build 17231.20236. The fixed build is available starting on 2/13/24 (for us Aussies it is 13/2/24 or just write in full 13 February 2024 to avoid confusion). To install the update immediately selectFile*,Office Account,Update Options,Update Now.'* Need to wait for updates to finish but to really be sure I restarted my PC.