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
    2025-02-24T14:36:58+00:00

    In the old outlook I could just click an email from a sender and then filter by from and outlook would immediately jump to all emails by that sender. The new outlook wont do this.

    Also in the old outlook Once I selected Sort by From and then pressed the first few letters of a senders name it would sort the emails by the letters I typed. It no longer does this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-10-09T07:27:40+00:00

    why is this feature still not in? Can someone from Microsoft explain a little bit why this is so complex and if this is going to be added yes or no? I need to decide if i want to wait or revert back to the old properly working Outlook.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-13T01:41:17+00:00

    Any update on this?? It's really a deal breaker.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-01T12:34:21+00:00

    agreed. this one thing alone is a dealbreaker for me.
    although, there is much to hate about the new outlook (right-click thesaurus/synonyms missing, story by size, drag message to calendar to create event missing, run all rules button, sync button)

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  5. 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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