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cfiessinger
Microsoft
Nov 17, 2016New feature: Introducing a new file experience for groups in Outlook on the web
Today, we've announced a new file experience for groups in Outlook on the web. People frequently rely on email to edit and share documents with their teams, and this new experience makes it easier to...
Shweta Hegde
May 02, 2018Copper Contributor
Hello,
I am unable to see "Edit and reply" option if i go to "Files" tab. I am trying this from Web interface. Am i missing something?
Thanks
- Madhuri TondepuMay 02, 2018Former EmployeeHi Shweta,
If you want to edit and reply to an attachment shared with the group, you will first need to open the attachment and from the preview you can perform "Edit and reply" action. You will not see an Edit and Reply option in the group files view.
Find out more about viewing and editing attachments in OWA(not specific to Group files view) here:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/View-and-edit-an-attachment-in-Outlook-Web-App-E36B3369-5141-4367-B276-85547E1DA18D#bkmk_editingattachments - TonyRedmondMay 02, 2018MVP
Reply is an email operation. What do you want to do with the Files?
- Shweta HegdeMay 02, 2018Copper ContributorI want to perform in place edit for attachments which comes in email. I saw in some link that MS has released “Edit and Reply” feature for attachments which is displayed in files Tab. But I am unable to get this feature in my web mail
- TonyRedmondMay 02, 2018MVP
You can't edit attachments from Files. Go to the document library and open the Email Attachments folder and you can edit whatever files are there.