Re: Question: How to Reply To the Original Sender Of a Message Using Outlook 365


Why in your in box list of mails.
On the one you wish to reply to or to the group do the following
Right click on the email which is shift f10
Now I got a lis of choices the first was reply the second was reply to all arrow to the one you wish and hit enter and do your email thing in the opened email

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From: <> On Behalf Of David Goldfield
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 04:49
Subject: [TechTalk] Question: How to Reply To the Original Sender Of a Message Using Outlook 365

I'm almost embarrassed that I'm even asking this question as I assumed that the method for doing this was obvious. Perhaps it is but clearly it isn't to me.

Using Win10, version 2004 with what is likely the latest build or at least a very current version of Outlook 365.

Normally, if a sender has sent a message to you along with other individuals pressing ctrl-r replies to the original sender only and pressing shift-ctrl-r replies to everyone in the thread.

Someone asked me how to reply to the original sender of a message using Outlook. In that instance pressing ctrl-R does reply to the group.

If I press the tab key a few times after opening the message I do encounter a button with the name of the original sender. You would think that pressing space or enter on that button would allow you to send an email to that person but it does not. Even the context menu doesn't have an option to send an email message as it does with Thunderbird. What's the most efficient method for sending an email to just the sender?

David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist JAWS Certified, 2019

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