[Trainer-Talk] Bringing Back the Classic Outlook

Mon Sep 21 13:01:58 UTC 2026

Good morning,
	I agree the new outlook needs some serious work. While I like you like to experiment with the latest software and updates This has been something that I'm a little reluctant about doing. The things that we're so used to doing with classic outlook go away and navigation becomes much harder and not as smooth.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Sotomayor, Yadiel (DBVI) <Yadiel.Sotomayor at dbvi.virginia.gov> 
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2026 7:57 AM
To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Christopher Murphy <cjohnmurph at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Trainer-Talk] Bringing Back the Classic Outlook

New Outlook is terrible. I'm usually one for jumping into the latest and greatest, but new Outlook is just a mess. Especially if you use NVDA as your primary screen reader. With JAWS is a little better, but not by much. If you want instructions on how to install the classic outlook, Microsoft Help Desk has a great article. I recommend bookmarking this page, since search engines like Google are deprioritizing it. 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/install-or-reinstall-classic-outlook-on-a-windows-pc

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From: Christopher Murphy via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2026 6:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] Bringing Back the Classic Outlook

Thanks for confirming that.

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From: Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Matt Diemert via Trainer-Talk
Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2026 5:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] Bringing Back the Classic Outlook

It was office home and business, and as I understand it, outlook is included in that as well as word, PowerPoint, and excel. 
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> On Sep 20, 2026, at 5:26 PM, Brian Vogel via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Matt McDiemert wrote, in part: " I have seen it often in an install 
> of Office 2024 I just setup a brand new system on Friday and after 
> Office install there is no classic, . . ."
> 
> The question is which Office 2024 edition did you use?  The edition 
> you use will determine whether Outlook is included or not.
> 
> Any Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer will have Outlook for Windows, 
> which shares the same user interface with New Outlook in the various 
> paid iterations.  That free version gets overlayed, for lack of a 
> better way of putting it, with the paid version if a paid version of 
> modern Outlook is installed.
> 
> I'll let Copilot lay out the M365 versus Office 2024 differences:  If 
> installed today, September 20, 2026, does Micro | Shared Copilot Chat
> <https://copilot.cloud.microsoft/chat/share/eyJzaGFyZUlkIjoiMjYwZDUyM2
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