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Users began complaining last week that the quick actions in Outlook on the web (when the reading pane is off or on the bottom) moved from the From field on the left side of the message list to the far right, in the Received column, which for many users, is a long mouse movement to use the quick actions.Quick Actions on the left, between the sender name and subject field: … [Read more...] about Outlook on the web Quick Actions moved to the right

... or stop automatically signing in to Outlook.com. When I open Outlook.com, I'm always automatically signed into my account. I don't want this to happen. According to Help, I just need to uncheck the box to "stay logged in" but that doesn't seem to make a difference. How do I prevent this? If you don't want to stay signed in when you close the browser, don't save … [Read more...] about Automatically sign out of Outlook.com

An Outlook user wondered why he his accounts had different icons on the right side of the message list. I have two accounts setup in Outlook. In one account, I have the Mark as Read/Unread icon appear when I select a message. In the other account, I only have Flag and Delete. How do I fix this?Those icons are Quick Actions.  Customizable Quick Actions are a feature … [Read more...] about Quick Actions in Outlook

There is a bug in the current Office update, April 29, 2021 Version 2104 (Build 13929.20296). Microsoft is aware of the issue. The autocomplete menu is larger than in the previous build, lacks the ability to delete entries from the list, and may open upward.This autocomplete list looked this like in the Outlook 2019 or 2016 (perpetual license), or in Outlook 365 with the … [Read more...] about Outlook Autocomplete Bug

As many users have noticed, Outlook on the web, including both Outlook.com and Office 365 business accounts, changed the sort order of Contacts in the address book that comes up when you click the To or CC button.The contacts are in a weird sort order – supposedly most frequent contacts – but one that makes little sense to many users. There is no search or filter capability … [Read more...] about Outlook on the web Address Book sort order