Selecting text no longer working properly in Outlook Web App on MacOS

Anonymous
2024-04-03T01:13:07+00:00

I use the Outlook web app on MacOS, and selecting text word by word no longer works (shift + option + arrow on a Mac keyboard). This stopped working sometime this weekend. I tried multiple browsers (Chrome, Edge, Safari) and multiple Macs (Two different MBAs and one MB Mini). I tried it on a PC and it works fine. It seems that something broken on the web app for Mac users over the weekend.

This is a critical shortcut for things like copying and pasting or deleting. Anyone having the same problem and has an idea of what to do about it?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-20T20:10:15+00:00

    Just adding myself to the chorus here. This is maddening.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-15T05:47:36+00:00

    Writing emails on Mac became just crazy and time-consuming. Thanks Microsoft for making things harder than usual... =/

    Please, anyone who reads and replies for a definitive fix?

    Sorry to ask: does the script above fixes all the issues? I actually got cmd + arrow key disappearing from an email to nowhere...

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-14T16:23:01+00:00

    the issue persists. please, for the love of god, just make it normal again. i'm begging now. the command and option keys should do the same thing in Outlook's online email client as they do in every other place on a Mac. they should just do the same thing

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-10T00:26:42+00:00

    I just want to add to the chorus of people here that emails have got significantly more annoying to edit on Mac.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-07T15:00:30+00:00

    This is just to say that it is really frustrating to work like this.

    Ok, we're slave to the email clients, ok... but at least, let us use it as expected, please!

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