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How can you search for emails in Outlook?
I am migrating from Gmail to Outlook as I change to a Microsoft-using company. What Gmail has going for it is their tagging feature combined with search. After 13 years, I can find any email in t...
Not familiar with the MAC versions. But this might help: https://support.microsoft.com/en-ie/office/find-items-by-doing-a-basic-search-in-outlook-for-mac-53b60f65-25b7-4582-9c5e-4adf16e503a1
In the search box there is a drop down arrow (I think it only appears when you start typing in the box) . Use that to select the target for your search (whole mailbox, inbox, particular folder etc.)
Mine doesn't include a dropdown menu at any point, before or after I start typing. See attachment.
To confirm, I'm using Outlook for Mac v 16.49.
Perhaps a mature search solution is only available for Windows users?
Not familiar with the MAC versions. But this might help: https://support.microsoft.com/en-ie/office/find-items-by-doing-a-basic-search-in-outlook-for-mac-53b60f65-25b7-4582-9c5e-4adf16e503a1
- Thank you!! I did not notice those options that appear on the left when I clicked into the search field on the right. But now that you've pointed those out, that was exactly what I was looking for.
