I'm currently using the new Outlook, how do I easily insert a horizontal line in an email, now that that feature has been removed the "Insert" menu?

I figured out how to do it.

Go to Microsoft Word and create the horizontal line there, then copy and paste that line into your outlook signature.

STEP BY STEP: In Word, on the Home tab, select the down arrow next to Borders. Select Borders and Shading. In the dialogue box that pops up onscreen, you can then manipulate the color and thickness of your line too. On the Borders tab of that dialogue box, I clicked on Custom so that my line does not become a full border that wraps around the full document. Also, the width I picked was 4 1/2 pt.

*If you just need a basic black line, you can type out three lower dash lines (this thing _ on your keyboard). You have to use the Shift key to access the bottom dash (this is not it's official name sorry). Click on it 3 times ( ___ ) and hit Enter. That creates an underline in both Word and Outlook.

Hope this helps you. It shouldn't be this hard!

Yes, many of use the "Insert Horizontal Line" function frequently and don't want to have to hunt around for it. Cannot for the life of me figure out why it would have been removed in the first place. The horizontal line function in Word is so poorly executed, that I often draft in Outlook -- using the horizontal line function -- then cut and paste into Word. And then you go and get rid of that function in Outlook. Software companies definitely have trouble handling the old -- and still very true -- maxim: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Workaround! Go to Google Docs, insert horizontal line, copy, paste into email or Word doc.

Very much missing this feature in Outlook.

Dear Daniel,

 

Good day!

Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are glad to assist!

 

Based on your description regarding "I'm currently using the new Outlook, how do I easily insert a horizontal line in an email, now that that feature has been removed the "Insert" menu?". After thorough research and testing I found that you are definitely right. This particular setting only exists in the classic Outlook and is not yet available in New Outlook for Windows at this moment.  The New Outlook is in a Preview state, and they are still working on the platform/foundation of the application itself. At this stage of the development, luckily If you heavily rely on this feature, you may consider toggling out of the new Outlook for Windows preview for now.

However, thank you so much for bringing this to our attention, your suggestion is very helpful, and I believe it could make the use of New Outlook even better. We will surely raise your concerns to our Product Development Team and hopefully this can be included in the future updates. In the meantime, we sincerely recommend you post your concern as an idea to our Outlook feedback site via Outlook · Community (microsoft.com) our Product Development Team are committed to enhancing the customer experience by continually examining suggestions to include in the design and development of future product upgrades based on your suggestions. Hopefully your suggestion will help many other people in the future. Customers’ feedbacks are always valuable for us. Thanks for your precious time and your understanding would be highly appreciated. Have a nice day!

 

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Why even bother introducing the new Outlook if all functionalities aren't available! The new Outlook is not effective and a waste of our time management.

Agreed! And if I'm not mistaken, support for classic Outlook ended last year, so how in the $!%* is "New" Outlook still in a preview state? And how freakin long does it take? It's been out for quite some time now, and basic functionality should have been written in prior even releasing it as a test. Line doesn't work, Rules barely work, Search works on a good day, Templates work - on a good day. Too much to list here, but it really is ridiculous.