I cannot copy a complete e-mail anymore and paste it in a new e-mail.

Anonymous
2023-11-19T14:24:51+00:00

Hi, I am using the most recent version of Office 365 Outlook, and since I updated to the new layout, I am not able to copy a complete email anymore.

The only option I have is to copy and move the email to a certain number of preset folders. However, I mostly use this function to copy and add the email to an ongoing but different email thread. It seems that this not possible anymore or at least I don't how to do it.

Thanks for anyone's advice.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-03-19T15:54:28+00:00

    This is really unacceptable. Why would such a helpful, simple feature be removed? Hopefully it's being considered as a modification to be added back to the new version of Outlook.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-19T18:14:00+00:00

    Seriously?

    Only method 2 provides the intended result, and you now need twelve steps where previously you only needed two. Actually even some more because afterwards you need to find the msg file in your Explorer and delete it.

    Copy & pasting objects has been a standard feature of any application for decades, and you are stripping it off ... Please bring back this feature!

    (Not personal, it's not your fault - just want to express my strong disappointment about Microsoft)

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-20T16:29:02+00:00

    Why workaround? if this feature is available in old Outlook then it should be available in new Outlook also. It's a very frequently used functionality and should be available. there will be significant productivity loss if this feature is not available. I switched back to the old Outlook due to this.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-23T06:03:54+00:00

    The older outlooks you could the mouse to copy and paste into email to and from into other programs such as word. Why is the mouse function not working any more????

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-03-23T10:53:23+00:00

    same problem It is SO annoying The old version worked just fine for ms average now its over complicated.

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