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MaryB
Iron Contributor
Sep 03, 2019

The new Outlook search in the title bar is disconnected from the content it searches

I appreciate the benefits of Microsoft Search in the Office apps but I'm getting feedback form multiple people that having the search in the title bar is unhelpful because they need to use the title ...
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IAHills
Copper Contributor
Mar 11, 2021

MaryB 

For those who opt not to spend all their time filing emails a quick, intuitive search function is essential.

With the recent update to the Outlook 2021 interface and ribbon was extremely disappointed to find that the search functionality was significantly degraded.

I have found little guidance other than to use either the advanced search feature or search folders instead.

However, I have now found that you can still use the same filter criteria by firstly clicking into the search bar above and *then* clicking on the "Current Mailbox" text that appears to the right. This then restores the classic search and filter fields you could affix using the green cross icon previously.

I've put a couple of printscreens below highlighting where to go. I hope this helps people - was a massive relief to rediscover this functionality after a few weeks of frustration!

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RickG2
Brass Contributor
Apr 30, 2021
Unfortunately the fields are just dumb text boxes. With the old version when you typed a few characters of contacts name Outlook provided a list to choose from. The From and To dates had date pickers, etc. Also, it makes you type the seach criteral in each place you want to search. So if I want to search for something in the Body or the Subject I have to enter the criteria in two places.

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