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Opening PDF attachments in Outlook to default PDF viewer
My Outlook was updated to the newest version a few days ago and I'm having issues with opening PDF attachments in my default PDF viewer. Before, you could click the attachment in the email and get a preview but if you were to fully open the attachment it would open in my default application. Since the update, when i click on the attachment it pulls up the preview but the only way to actually open it is to save it to OneDrive, download to my computer, or print. In most cases I need to open the full attachment but not necessarily need to save it. Just review in detail and the preview is not working well enough for me. I'm not even able to rotate using the right-click and rotate. How can I change this to open in my default viewer and not in the message preview only?458KViews5likes33CommentsOutlook mail black background
Hi , One of my users has a bizarre issue whereby only the body received emails have a black background. Toolbars and the rest of the app are system default. This is both in reading paneand when opening mail. I have checked his appearance settings and they are Office background - no background Office Theme - Use system setting. Also mode sure windows is not in high contrast mode screenshot below, excuse green redactions28Views0likes1CommentWorkaround: How to 'Delete A Category' in the People tab in New Outlook
Current State: Currently, you can create and assign a category to a contact card. However, you can not easily delete the actual Category. Background Info:The categories for contacts in New Outlook are separate from the Inbox and Calendar categories. The Delete a category icon in the People Tab appears to have been missed. Workaround Solution: I had to remove the category from each contact by pressing the X by the category. Then, I closed and reopened New Outlook, and the category was no longer in the left navigation in the People tab. More Information:I know Microsoft is working on improvements for Contacts. I have reported this issue. If you find this information helpful, please mark it as best response. /Teresa #traccreations4e 02/05/20249.9KViews4likes16CommentsSOLUTION: New Outlook removed "switch back to old outlook" button.
This is for anyone else who no longer sees the button to switch back to the old outlook. I have included step by step photos to get back to the old outlook! First click "Help" at the top left. Below "Help" should bring up another menu, now select "Feedback". Now look to the very right and you should see the option to select a feedback option, select "Report a problem". Now you should see a box where you can type what the problem is, make sure to clearly mention that you cannot switch back to the old outlook, the button is missing and you want to switch back to the old outlook, this is important because when you submit this answer it will scan your message and generate possible solutions. Once you've filled out the box with your problem, scroll down, click yes or no on both options (it doesn't matter what you choose but you need to select an answer for both), then click "Submit" at the bottom. It will diagnose the problem and match you up with one or more possible solutions, make sure you see this one below that says "toggling out of the new outlook for windows preview", DO NOT CLICK "Yes" AT THE BOTTOM or it will end the feedback and assume you got your answer and you will need to restart this process. Instead you need to click on the arrow that is circled in this picture. Freedom awaits, now click on "Do it for me" and it will automatically take you back to the old outlook. Congratulations! You've graduated from this circus of chaos and confusion.Farewell, and may your future endeavors be as comforting and delightful as a slice of warm, homemade buttered bread.27KViews1like28CommentsCalendar shared, person able to edit not just view despite settings
I added an event to my calendar from a different email account and added my primary account as a person/invite. My primary account is shared with someone but as view only permissions. They were able to accept the invite sent to MY primary account? Why do they have access to this when they are set as view only?6Views0likes0CommentsMail & Calendar Apps Will Be Replaced with New Outlook for Windows December 2024
Original Publish Date: June 2023 |MC650424 Revised Date: August 30, 2023, based on Microsoft's Updated Message See text in red font. Microsoft's revised announcement states that the Mail and Calendar Apps will no longer be supported at the end of 2024 and will become the New Outlook for Windows. In the meantime, users are encouraged to try theNew Outlook for Windows while they can switch back and forth between the Mail App and New Outlook versions. At the beginning of 2024, all Windows 11 devices will include the Free version of New Outlook for Windows as the default mailbox application. Supported Accounts: The new Outlook for Windows can currently support Microsoft 365 consumer accounts such as Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, and Live.com, as well as Microsoft 365 work or school accounts and Gmail. In the near future, we plan to add support for Yahoo!, iCloud, and other email providers through IMAP and POP. Stay tuned. For those who want to learn more about the exciting features of the New Outlook, head over to New Outlook for Windows - YouTube for a series of how-to videos. And don't miss out on the advantages of being an early adopter - check out this must-see videoto encourage a smooth transition. Share how you use the classic feature to give Microsoft constructive feedback on missing features. To do so, select the Help option in the ribbon while in New Outlook. Microsoft Message Center Details In Part MC590123 · Published Jun 2023. Revised to include new information August 30, 2023 We will replace the Mail and Calendar apps in Windows with the new Outlook for Windows by the end of 2024. After this change is implemented: Users can no longer use or download the Mail and Calendar apps. Users with a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 subscription with access to the Microsoft 365 desktop apps can use the new Outlook for Windows. Users can use the new Outlook for Windows with any personal email account (Outlook.com, Gmail, etc.), even without a subscription. If you would like to prevent users from adding their corporate email accounts to the new Outlook, you can follow the instructions in this document to disable the application for a single user, group of users, or the whole tenant: In mid-September 2023, we will begin auto-migrating Mail & Calendar app users to the new Outlook for Windows with an option to go back if they choose. Users can return to the current Mail & Calendar apps by clicking the toggle in the new Outlook for Windows. We also want to reiterate that these changes will not affect your organization’s use of classic Outlook for Windows. What you need to do to prepare: There is nothing you do to prepare now, but we recommend you: Let your Microsoft Windows users know about the change to the Mail and Calendar apps Start trying and testing the new Outlook for Windows Read this support article -Getting started with the new Outlook for Windows Read this article communicating the change -https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-for-windows-the-future-of-mail-calendar-and-people-on-windows-11-715fc27c-e0f4-4652-9174-47faa751b199 Read this article:Windows Mail, Calendar and People are becoming Outlook - Microsoft Support ======= My Dedicated New Outlook Video Series: https://youtu.be/d7bEb20pCZU |https://youtu.be/ehUp2usOVqo | https://youtu.be/tOZXXpcw1c0 #traccreations4e283KViews0likes154CommentsInbox not picking up all emails
After someone said they had emailed me, and I couldn't see the email, I resent the email by clicking reply on my sent email, and their email response came up sitting before my response. But it could not be seen in the Inbox. It happened again today, only this time I noticed I had received an email OK from the same person about a different subject. Other emails are coming through from other people and I haven't identified any other missing emails.15Views0likes0CommentsPublic Folders in New Outlook
This is a huge Microsoft Mistake in the New Outlook. The New Outlook is designed to not allow access to all Public Folders! I received the following response from Technical Support after several weeks of telling them about the problem and after they researched the issue, they responded: "We did the test and investigation on our test machine and found that 'All Public folders' can't be accessed at once like in Classic Outlook.In New Outlook each Public folder has to be added manually for Windows and it is by internal design." I'm not sure who is leading the design team, but this is a huge mistake.Microsoft setup Public folders to allow a company to share project related email with staff. In our public folders, we have a large number projects and folders in Public Folders. This has been available since at least before 2011. I am sure we are not alone. It currently works perfectly. Why would Microsoft arbitrarily decide to not support a system that works well as it is???? If they are worried about the size of the database, allow users to create an online archive as you do with personal email? Other forum members, please let Microsoft know this is not acceptable.Solved15KViews1like13CommentsRecovery my mail
I have done all the question and other thing but it dosen`t work so I know my password but can`t sign in becaue of verification in other mail that i don`t use it for a while and i don`t know that mail password but for this mail i know my password.So can you help me to sign in without verification and i know my password. Please help me46Views0likes1CommentOutlook 365
In the old Outlook I could drag Word, Excel, JPG, PDF files to a specifik folder under In-box and release. Then the file would be saved here. I can't do this in my 365. Do I need some kind of upgrade to be able to do this or is it just some kind of settings I need to change?42Views0likes1CommentNewest Outlook version doesn't open pdf in Acrobat
My Outlook was updated to the newest version a few days ago and I'm having issues with opening PDF attachments in my default PDF viewer. Before, you could click the attachment in the email and get a preview but if you were to fully open the attachment it would open in my default application. When I click on it I get this viewer instead of it going directly to Adobe PDF. If I have to download it, I would prefer to save it as a location that I choose. I can go to Acrobat and open the downloaded files, but that is extra steps. Any suggestions?81KViews3likes26CommentsI need to print an entire email thread, not one email at a time.
Ihaveanemailchainofabout11emailsthatIneedtodownloadintoapdfandIcan'tfigureitout. I've tried online and the Outlook app and I just cannot get it to work. I've googled and searched in here and no, I can't find the answer. So, HELP, please!13KViews1like6CommentsNew outlook and acrobat javascript issues
I have a PDF that has a button to email the doc. It is not working since I upgraded to the new outlook. It seems to work the email opens with the pdf attached and when I send it the the email disappears but it does not send the email. The javascript in Acrobat is as follows: this.mailDoc({cSubject: this.documentFileName}); This worked until I upgraded to the new outlook. Any help in fixing would be greatly appreciated. Thank You I have attached some pictures7Views0likes0CommentsNew Outlook Deleting/Not Recognising Hyperlinks (Bentley project wise)
New outlook does not seem able to parse project wise links which start with PW://. But not only that it doesn't recognise them as links at all. Emails received with PW:// links are simply ignored and treated as plain text. Replying to the email, the link then is correctly formatted as a hyperlink, but right clicking and 'edit' the link field is blank. This is on any email account. Switching back to legacy outlook and the emails are fine. This is in both outlook for windows and outlook for Mac.1.9KViews0likes4CommentsProblems with Quick Steps in Outlook New
Sure! Here is the translation: "I am having issues with Quick Steps in the new version of Outlook. I have recreated them, but they appear blocked or as if they cannot be executed. However, sometimes they become available in a somewhat random manner. Can someone help me?"125Views0likes4CommentsAutomatic Activation of Automatic Responses when selecting "Out of Office" as the Appointment Status
Why doesn't outlook automatically activate "automatic responses" when an user sets an appointment on the calender with an "out of office" status. Literally the entire premise for automatic responses is for when an user is out of the office, so how is this not an existing feature? Another option would be to have a checkbox or an option to select "send automatic responses" when creating the appointment, or upon selecting "out of office" as the "show as" status.3Views0likes0CommentsDuplicate emails in INBOX
I have emails being auto-forwarded from a business Rackspace IMAP account. Every once in a while I received an email from another Outlook user that duplicates even if I read it or delete it...it still floods in and jams up my inbox so that I no longer have room in my Rackspace account and it turns away incoming emails. SO FRUSTRATING! 1. Why is this happening? 2. How do I find these duplicate emails once the glitch occurs (I dont always know it is happening)? 3. How do I stop an incoming email from duplicating?65KViews0likes4Comments
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