[Trainer-Talk] Bringing Back the Classic Outlook

Tue Sep 22 03:02:42 UTC 2026

I have always used shift f6 to get to the folders and as far as I can tell this still works!
HTH

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Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] Bringing Back the Classic Outlook

I largely agree with Showe. I don't like the new Outlook, but I can live with it. I don't expect the old outlook to provide the ease of use it formerly provided as its development  becomes a lower priority.

One new feature I don't like, and this is recent, is that Ctrl+Y doesn't bring up a handy list of mailboxes. One seems to have to type the name of the mailbox one wants to access, and this does not always work.
Any thoughts?

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Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] Bringing Back the Classic Outlook

Can someone tell me what is actually so bad about the new Outlook? I'm using it and I am not having that much trouble with it. There's a lot of F6-ing maybe? I always get my Inbox to refocus when I press ctrl+shft+I and I am able to do a lot of what I need. I especially love how my Gmail calendar syncs without a problem whereas in classic, it won't. Gross! lol I am so curious what is wrong with modern Outlook because I am teaching it just fine. Thanks for the info.

Showe

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> On Sep 21, 2026, at 7:59 AM, Sotomayor, Yadiel (DBVI) via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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.
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> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/install-or-reinstall-class
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> Thanks for confirming that.
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> 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:
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>> 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, . . ."
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>> The question is which Office 2024 edition did you use?  The edition 
>> you use will determine whether Outlook is included or not.
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>> 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.
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>> I'll let Copilot lay out the M365 versus Office 2024 differences:  If 
>> installed today, September 20, 2026, does Micro | Shared Copilot Chat
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