Forward, Reply All and Print in Outlook.com

When I use my Outlook.com account via the browser rather than in Outlook, I seem to miss some basic features or I simply can’t seem to find them.

For instance, how can I Forward a message or use Reply All?

Also, I can’t seem to find the Printing option. I’ve tried printing with the printing feature from my browser, but that looks very ugly as it simply prints the entire screen.

Where can I find these commands?

Outlook.com buttonThe clean approach of the Outlook.com website interface, may indeed suggest that they removed these features. But actually, they managed to get the Forward and Reply All functionality in there 5 times! Printing can be done in 2 different ways.

Granted, they are a bit tugged away but luckily not that far after all.

Forward and Reply All

Reply, Reply All, Forward buttonYou can find the Forward and Reply All functionality in the following ways:

  • Click on the dropdown arrow of the Reply button in the menu bar.
  • Use the Reply, Reply All and Forward icons directly from the top right within the Reading Pane.
  • Click on the ellipsis menu (…) in the top right of the Reading Pane.
  • Right click on a message from the message list.
  • Use a keyboard shortcut:
    • Forward: SHIFT+F
    • Reply All: SHIFT+R

Click on the dropdown arrow of the Reply button to reveal the Forward and Reply All message commands.

Printing

Print buttonPrinting a message can be done in the following ways:

  • Click on the ellipsis (…) at the end of menu bar.
  • Click on the ellipsis menu (…) in the top right of the Reading Pane.

Clicking on the ellipsis in the Reading Pane will open an additional menu with options for marking as unread, flagging, printing and much more.

Extra tip: Keyboard shortcuts in Outlook.com

Keyboard Shortcuts buttonIf you like to use keyboard shortcuts, you’ll be happy to know that the Outlook.com web interface is full of them and contains keyboard shortcuts for almost all common and some not so common actions.

To get an overview, press the “?” key on your keyboard when you are in the message list view or use the reference sheet below.

Overview of the Outlook.com keyboard shortcuts.
Overview of the Outlook.com keyboard shortcuts.

Note: If you are used to the keyboard shortcuts of Outlook Desktop, Gmail or Yahoo! Mail, you can also set Outlook.com to use these. You can get to the configuration screen by using the “go to settings” link after you pressed the question mark on your keyboard or by clicking on the gear icon in the top right corner (left from your name and avatar picture) and choosing: View all Outlook settings-> section: General-> section: Accessibility-> Keyboard shortcuts.

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