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ditto ... crazy that they didn't have this in release.
I am trying the New Outlook. I cant sort my inbox by typing a letter - am I missing a setting?
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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.
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Anonymous
2025-04-21T20:10:51+00:00 -
Anonymous
2025-03-12T21:41:48+00:00 A year later and you still can't do this? Not great
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Anonymous
2024-09-04T15:25:49+00:00 The new outlook is just terrible! What's the point of new one when the old one works much better and user friendly? so frustrating... are the people work on the new outlook never uses the old one!?! Sorry for the venting
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Anonymous
2024-07-10T11:57:25+00:00 I cannot believe that this feature has been dropped. Obviously the developer has never used Outlook for real work
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Anonymous
2024-07-04T15:59:19+00:00 Same....please add it back