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
    2025-07-11T20:29:31+00:00

    I found this solution - more cumbersome than in the past but not too bad.

    Select the email to copy using the check box to the LH side of the email. Do not open the email.

    R Click on the email and go down to Save As and select AS MSG. Pick a location on your drive - desktop may work but for sure I saved to a file location.

    From the saved location you can then copy and paste normally anywhere you like.

    Hope this helps

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-27T05:31:50+00:00

    Thank you @Abhishek; It works sometimes and other times it restricts;

    Well What we dont understand is that, Microsoft makes things worse than the old products and how come they dont rectify this issues immediately.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-03T09:26:12+00:00

    that's clever, going to try it immediately!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-07T11:56:00+00:00

    Is this for real or you just broke it.

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