Hi Everyone,
@Mentions for Outlook Mac is now available in Insiders Fast! We'd love for you to try it out and let us know what you think
about it. The Insiders Fast Outlook Mac version update number is 15.25 (160726)
@mentions make collaborating on email fast and easy. Simply type the @ symbol anywhere in the body of your email and start typing to pick the person you want to address. Once you select the person you want to address, their name is highlighted in the message
in blue, helping them know they are being asked to take an action in your message. In addition, if the person isn’t part of the email conversation already, they will be automatically added to the To: line so they receive a copy of your email.
In addition to helping you get other people’s attention, @mentions also helps you be aware of what you’ve been asked to do. Outlook adds an @ symbol in the message list for the messages you’ve been mentioned in, so you can see at a glance which emails require
your action before you open them. We have also added it as a filter [View or Ribbon-Filters-Mentioned] so you can filter to see only the messages where you’ve been mentioned. Once you’ve opened the email, the blue highlighting of your name in the body of the
email helps you quickly find where you’ve been mentioned.
@Mentions is available for users with Office 365 subscriptions.
Q. What email accounts will @mentions work for?
A. The sender features of @mentions will be available to all—regardless of the type of mailbox or email service you are using in Outlook. The recipient features of @mentions (message list improvements, blue highlighting in reading pane) are only available
for recipients using Outlook with Office 365 or the new Outlook.com accounts.
For details about the Insider Fast program, including options for getting in touch or reporting bugs, see
Announcing Office Insider Fast for Mac Insiders.
Thanks!
The Outlook for Mac Team
