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The new Outlook search in the title bar is disconnected from the content it searches
I've already moaned on here once, but now that I've been forced to work with this a little longer, my opinion... is simply that it's worse than I previously thought.
I now have no faith in the result sets I get when searching my mailboxes. Items I could find using a combination of, for example, sender's name and a "tag" from within the body of the mail no longer show up.
To summarize: THIS SUCKS!!!!!! WHO on god's green earth, and WHO USES THE TOOLS DAY-IN and DAY-OUT could POSSIBLY think any of this is "progress"? I don't care of "Project Cortex" is going to tell me 2 days in advance before my socks develop holes... I WANT TO FIND WHAT I NEED TO FIND WHEN I NEED TO FIND IT? WHO do I need to talk to (Product managers, engineering, dev...?) to get this point across?
Thanks
A very controlled, calm and centered Russ
(I would've included some quotes about leading a Mindful Life, BUT I CAN'T FIND THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi all, 365 Office, fully updated on win10 and yes like you I was appalled at the change at first.
I use search a lot, like all day every day, private consultant, 2 personal businesses and at least 9 separate email accounts at once. Like many I have had to be careful when creating new or reply email to ensure that I am sending from the proper acct but I have only made that mistake once in the many months since the location changed. I have gotten used to always starting with the "from" dialog just in case.
Here are some tips that have made me forget all about my original issues with the change.
Alt-Q and to open always but it's my left forefinger so it's natural
a quick esc removes the dropdown for ribbon access
Many times I am repeating a task so the recently used items has what I am looking for
It only blocks a couple of items and I am usually digger way deeper anyway.
I am always in "All Mailboxes" mode so I can catch my criteria regardless
I used the search all unread or "isread:no" function so much I made it a customized item on my quick access along with many other repeated tasks,
hope this helps a bit
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