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How do I enable copy and paste in the new outlook?
I am not able to directly copy any documents from Explorer and then go to the email that I am working on to paste onto the emial. Before with the Old Outlook I was able to to do this easily but the New Outlook requires me to go to the "paper clip" Icon above then search thru the Explorer to find the file then the specific documents(which couple be hundred documents); this process takes sometime 5 miniuets to find the exact document to copy and paste. I need to do it the Old Outlook ways or "Classic" format so that I can do just the cut and paste as mentioned earlier of this email. Pleas advise ASAP thanks.
Using New Outlook on Windows for professional communication and productivity
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Yes indeed. I am still having problems, and I don't intend to go back rather forward with software. Stupid can't begin to describe the mentality that went into changing this feature. OMG, perhaps I'll go Apple products.
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It happened to me when I switched to Firefox. I tried copying and pasting in Chrome just now and it works. I guess I'll have to use Chrome for my emails.
After many months New Outlook still does not permit simple copy and paste. Attaching something you have open and worked on or finding and sending a copy of an email address are simple repetitive tasks that were easy in Outlook. I don't understand what the advantage is in the New Outlook that requires many extra steps to do a simple task that I did multiple times each day. I have gone back to "Classic Outlook" which in this case means "one that works."