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

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

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.

Seriously!! How could it be overlooked to be able to search within email chains? What in the literal development thought process was going on?!

In OWA, which is similair to the new Outlook, you can go for CTRL + F t o geht the search bar to search inside a message

Thank you for your response.

This kind of has been bugging me for some time, and I had some of that free time, so I worked out a couple of solutions.

Method 1:

Forward or Reply to the message. Don't worry you dont need to send it.

Select the Format Text tab - this shows the format text ribbon.

Select 'Find' then Find under it on the ribbon. I'll leave it to Microsoft to explain what Find has to do with Format Text...

Enter your text and select find next or find in -> Main Document

Method 2:

In the reading pane right click and select Search. This brings up the Search for an email containing text function

Enter any search text - doesn't really matter just bang [gently] on the keyboard in frustration if you feel like it :)

It'll search *ALL* your messages but at the top is an item 'Are you looking for "text" in this email? Go here to Find in message. ' click on that. (yeah... as if right clicking inside the email message wasn't a clue).

this will finally bring up the Find In Message dialog box where you can do your find.

Question

Does any one know if/how we can link the mentioned "Find in Message" to a keyboard shortcut? (preferrably ctrl^f)?

Final Note:

You would think right-clicking inside the email to bring up a context menu and selecting search would take you directly to the find-in-message function.