New Outlook APP Does not keep formatting when copy and pasting into another email

Anonymous
2023-12-15T17:06:02+00:00

I am trying to copy and paste from one email to another and outlook will not keep the format. This is the new outlook app so there is no File tab like suggested in every other answer.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-18T17:57:27+00:00

    I have the same issue.

    When I copy/paste using keystrokes I loose all formatting.

    When I right-click the mouse I only have "paste" and "paste with plain text" options.

    There's no search available for 'copy/paste' or 'copy' or 'paste' in settings/options

    There's no info online or even on the MS site for copy/paste with formatting for new outlook.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-20T03:13:42+00:00

    Solution - Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V as usual, then you will see a small briefcase icon after pasting, either click that or press control button, that will give 3 options in which you can see "paste as is" and other 2 options. Hope this helps!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-12T15:13:20+00:00

    I have the same issue as everyone else here, except none of the workarounds work for me. I lose all coloring and bolding and bullet points. Worse for me though is that it is stripping links. I'm copying a report from a report generator that I need to send out to multiple people, and it has links to files and webpages in it, but those links are gone.

    After pasting, I don't get any little popup at the bottom of my pasted test allowing me to choose new formatting. And the paintbrush in the Format Text ribbon doesn't do anything different.

    I have to send out this report daily, so this is a huge problem for me. I don't know that I can use the new Outlook until this is fixed.

    (Today I've pasted it into a Word doc, because Word keeps the formatting and links)

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-15T18:21:20+00:00

    I had this same issue. If you copy the text and select the paste tool in the top left text ribbon at the top of the screen, it will paste your text in the colors and format that it was copied in.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-08T22:20:42+00:00

    THE ANSWER!!!!

    Thanks so much.

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