The new version of Outlook will soon allow you to copy and paste your emails with the Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V shortcuts. Useful for storing your messages in the different folders of your inbox!

The new version of Outlook will soon allow you to copy and paste your emails with the Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V shortcuts. Useful for storing your messages in the different folders of your inbox!

The new Outlook that Microsoft is now trying to impose in Windows is having difficulty convincing users, who are strongly attached to their good old “classic” Outlook. Those who tried their hand at the transition were particularly frustrated by the lack of a popular and much-needed feature: the ability to copy and paste emails from the Inbox to other folders using the standard keyboard shortcuts, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. Manipulation was not possible until now, which was particularly restrictive – especially since these shortcuts have become a real reflex for many Internet users. Needless to say, the addition of this function was eagerly awaited! Fortunately, Microsoft has just updated his roadmap to add it, with deployment planned for June 2024. It’s about time!

Outlook copy and paste: support for essential shortcuts

Until now, to move emails to different folders of the email client in its new version, you had to either manually select the email, open the context menu with a right click and click “Move”, or resort to drag and drop . Actions that are more time-consuming than the famous shortcut and much less intuitive. Also, starting in June, it will be possible to use native Windows keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste elements from one folder to another.

“Users will be able to copy and paste emails into Outlook using Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V shortcuts, allowing them to quickly transfer emails to the desired folder, streamlining workflow and improving productivity. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and the Web”, indicates the Redmond company in its roadmap. With the new shortcuts, Microsoft brings the new Outlook closer to the “classic” Outlook in terms of functions, which users should appreciate, and which could also motivate those who still use the old version of email, doomed to disappear , to make the transition.