Search inside an email and search for emails (new Outlook)

Anonymous
2023-09-26T08:43:34+00:00

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Hi,

I'm trying New Outlook, I would like to search inside an email for text, and also search for emails in the inbox.

I cant see any way of doing these functions.

Control-F does nothing.

Can you help please ?!

Thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-21T12:59:50+00:00

    Thanks P. Goddard for forwarding Neils reply, yes when the screeensize allows the ribbon to be displayed this is a workaround ..., until its fixed by MS.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-13T18:52:57+00:00

    There is no feature for this, I work with reports with tons of numbers so this just makes my job very tedious.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-07T15:13:18+00:00

    Hello @Neil Dallison_154 and @Fatima_J

    This issue was originally raised in September 2023. It's now February 7, 2025, and the Ctrl+F function within received emails still does not work as expected. Instead of initiating a search within the email, CTRL+F forwards the email.

    CTRL+F has been the universally recognized shortcut for "find" for many years. Why was this standard functionality changed? This inconsistency is frustrating. CTRL+F works correctly in all other Microsoft products and most non-Microsoft software.

    As of 2/7/2025 I am using the latest version as shown below!

    Microsoft Outlook Version: 1.2025.129.300 (Production)

    Client Version: 20250124006.13

    WebView2 Version: 132.0.2957.140

    Session ID: b328558d-8692-a149-a151-1cc92f4ed916

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-07T16:31:13+00:00

    So many users feel the same way about this. Ctrl - F is the universal shortcut for "Find". Why isnt MS responding to it? This is somewhat concerning.

    Please advise. Thank you.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-04T02:32:13+00:00

    Okay, it's 2025 and this is still an issue.

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