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.

Anonymous
2024-03-23T22:33:30+00:00

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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-05T00:32:15+00:00

    Regarding the Copy and Paste onto an email problem:

    1. Go to home screen online for your outlook express email.
    2. Where you see the editor bar at the top, look to the right and click on the 3 dots indicating "more options".
    3. Click on "plain text" format.

    I figured this out all by myself and was shocked it was this simple. You want plain text, not HTML. Then you can paste text directly onto your email.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-03T11:29:18+00:00

    Taking away basic cope and paste function in email is a bad move Microsoft. this is not progress

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-02T17:17:55+00:00

    Thank you! YES!

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-04T14:25:11+00:00

    I totally agree, not being able to cut from a Microsoft Word document and paste into a Microsoft Outlook email is very frustrating and reduces productivity. If we needed to attach an entire document we would, the point is, we need to be able to cut certain parts of a document for quick review in an email to avoid reading an entire document. Hope this feature is restored.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-02T16:50:31+00:00

    No - it's impossible.

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