The latest builds of Office 2016 for Mac include a frequently requested feature: Read & Delivery Receipts. However, it is only supported in Office 365 accounts (business and enterprise only).
Outlook's New Conversational Mode
Coming to Outlook 2016: a new conversation view, one that shows the conversations in the reading pane the order the message was received.
Send Email to Addresses in an Excel Workbook
Use a macro to send files to a list of addresses stored in an Excel workbook.
Outlook's Font button is disabled
What to do when the button to select a font for new messages and replies or forwards is disabled,
Search folders & Deleted items
The predefined search folders don't include the Deleted Items or Junk Mail folders but you can create custom search folders which will include either or both folders.
New Features in Outlook 2016 for Mac
Outlook 2016 for Mac has some new and improved features coming out over the next few weeks. Office Insiders should see these changes in the newest builds (version 15.33.228 and up), everyone else will see them in the coming weeks.
Focused Inbox in Outlook desktop
The Focused Inbox is coming to Outlook desktop users (both Windows and Mac). When it's available in your account, Outlook will pop up a dialog alerting you to the new feature and asking if you want to use it.
Office 2013 removed from the Office Portal
As of March 1 2017, Office 2013 is no longer available for download in the Office 365 portal or at office.microsoft.com. Direct downloads are available.
Outlook.com Sync Failure
I've had a lot of complaints this week from users who said Outlook.com stopped syncing in Outlook. One told me he received an email from Microsoft telling him to reconnect. So he did… using manual setup to add it back as an ActiveSync account. Another user tried to add the account using Outlook Connector. In
Outlook Hangs at Startup
If you are using Outlook 2016 and it hangs at startup, try setting Outlook to always run maximized. To do this, Ctrl+Shift+right-click on the icon you use to start Outlook and choose Properties. Select the Shortcut tab in the Properties dialog then select Maximized in the Run field. Click OK to save and close the