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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.
Using New Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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I cannot believe that this feature has been dropped. Obviously the developer has never used Outlook for real work
Billy, I agree. The lack of contrast between read and unread messages is a problem. I don't mind the layout changes in the new Outlook, but visually, I find the appearance of the inbox hard to use. Even the basic option that are provided do not help.
The one feature I like on the new Outlook is the ability to pin messages. But I'm going back to old Outlook for now. Visually, I just can't cope with the appearance of the inbox.
Same....please add it back
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.
Same here, just started using New Outlook yesterday as my organisation has updated our systems. It's really annoying that this feature is not available. New Outlook definitely feels like a downgrade so far compared to Outlook 2016 which I was using previously.
i actually can't believe this isn't included.
probably the most repeated thing i've done in outlook for about 20 years!