Search scope selector added to Outlook

(Originally posted July 13, 2020 By ~ Jason Creighton)

Hello Office Insiders, I’m Jason Creighton, a program manager on the Outlook team. I’m excited to announce that Outlook has an updated search scope selector. Thanks to your feedback, we’re making search scopes easier to use.

Search Range Selector

We’ve updated the new Search at Top experience by adding a search scope selector next to the search box. This update more closely aligns with the existing Outlook on web experience. This feature also saves you time by reducing the number of clicks to select a search scope.

Click to check this and see additional options. Chevron To the left of the search icon:

Search Range Selector

Tips and Tricks

Advanced search is still available to the right of the search box, below the filter icon.

effectiveness

This feature is available to Beta Channel users running Version 2006 (Build 13001.20144) or later.

We usually release features over a period of time to make sure everything is working smoothly. This also applies to Insiders. Since we release slowly to a larger number of Insiders, we highlight features that you may not have. Sometimes we remove elements based on your feedback to make it even better. This is rare, but we also have the option to remove a feature from the product entirely, even if you, as an Insider, have had the opportunity to try it out.

feedback

Feedback or suggestions may be provided via: help > Send Feedback Add in Outlook#Search rangePlease leave your feedback so we can respond more quickly.

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