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
    2024-05-15T18:21:20+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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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-27T03:02:43+00:00

    omg I HAVE THE SOLUTION!!!!!

    When you copy and then paste, at the bottom of the pasted material there is a very tiny box. Hover over that and choose the left (1st of 3) icon. It's a clipboard icon and it says (Ctrl).

    My coworker showed me this and IT WORKED!!

    Thanks David, you just helped me save so much time.

    Microsoft should make the box more noticeable.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-27T04:18:47+00:00

    Still does not do what I can do on old Outlook where pasting is concerned. Copying from Excel, for example, format still changes when pasted into new Outlook, even with this little "CTRL" option selection.

    Come on Microsoft. This is your own suite of products! PLS FIX THIS ISSUE!!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-27T09:09:58+00:00

    thank you!!!! shame on Microsoft

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-28T13:40:28+00:00

    Thank you Frajman Tomas for posting about the same issue I am experiencing with the Copy/Paste function in the New Outlook which was what I wrote about when I started the chain of posts. It is different than what the other MS Outlook users having been describing.

    I have a template saved in my Drafts section which, in the Classic Outlook, I could paste an exact copy into a new email. As you noticed, Microsoft took that function away.

    I used Outlook's Feedback to alert Microsoft of the Copy/Paste issue hoping to get a response. Apparently, they do not read these posts.

    When I did that, I received an automated response which was disappointing.

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