{"id":13153,"date":"2024-12-16T11:31:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T22:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=13153"},"modified":"2024-12-16T11:31:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T22:31:37","slug":"not-loving-the-new-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=13153","title":{"rendered":"Not loving the new Outlook?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Microsoft have been pushing out a new version of Outlook for a while now.<\/h3>\n

You\u2019ve seen the toggle offering the chance to trial it.\"\"<\/p>\n

It seems to be an acquired taste and we\u2019ve seen a few people revert to the old \u2018classic\u2019 version.<\/p>\n

Microsoft have been encouraging us to use the new version, and we\u2019re now hearing that Microsoft will start forcing the new version on commercial users, starting April 2026.<\/p>\n

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Missing New Outlook Features<\/h2>\n

There are some things the new version simply can\u2019t do. \u00a0One of my favourite shortcuts is to drag emails into my calendar to turn them into appointments.\u00a0 The new version doesn\u2019t do this, so I\u2019ve gone back to the old version.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It also seems a bit unintuitive about importing appointments such as webinars and other \u2019ocs\u2019 files\u00a0 – it does it, but it seems harder than it needs to be.<\/p>\n

For more information, refer Feature comparison between new Outlook and classic Outlook – Microsoft Support<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Can you opt out of New Outlook?<\/h2>\n

Microsoft say you can \u2013 go to the file menu, options, general, new outlook options.<\/p>\n

The problem with this is that we don\u2019t see that \u2018new outlook options\u2019 topic.<\/p>\n

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There is a manual way of doing this in the machine registry. We\u2019re happy to help you with this if you would like.<\/p>\n

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Can you run both versions of Outlook side-by-side?<\/h2>\n

Yes! They work perfectly well alongside each other, even on the same computer at the same time.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a step-by-step guide to doing that.\u00a0 Run new Outlook and classic Outlook side-by-side – Microsoft Support<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Classic Outlook Support<\/h2>\n

Finally, as best we can tell, Outlook (classic) for Windows will remain supported until at least 2029.\u00a0 That means there is time for the new version to catch up on the missing functionality.<\/span><\/p>\n

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