I am trying the New Outlook. I cant sort my inbox by typing a letter - am I missing a setting?

Anonymous
2024-03-26T09:30:50+00:00

I am trying the New Outlook. I used to be able to sort my inbox by column (FROM) and then type in a letter and quickly get to all emails from people starting with that letter. For me that was a quick way to navigate my emails. It does not seem to work like that now. Is there a setting that I am missing or did Microsoft take that out in the new version? I understand that the search bar can be used and filters can be used, but I want the one letter search functionality that I have been using.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-26T08:50:43+00:00

    It has been a while since the question was posted and no solution/patch has been provided. Can the solution be implemented soon?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-13T04:50:33+00:00

    I was just updated at work to Window's 11 and new Outlook. In first 5 mins I go to sort for emails from a person - and it doesn't sort. I used this 100 of times a day. It seems strange this functionality has been missed in the NEW Outlook - but even stranger it hasn't been fixed by now.

    Is there a date when it will be fixed.

    I'll try and revert to "OLD" Outlook while I wait......

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-12T14:36:41+00:00

    Does anyone know if there has been any progress on this? The lack of this feature is creating annoyance and making me want to go away from this platform.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-05T13:49:28+00:00

    The "New" Outlook is just awful.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-03T04:19:15+00:00

    It's June now. Do we have a solution yet to this. I recently started using new Outlook but cannot see this enhancement. Appreciate if this can be addressed quickly.

    Thanks !

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