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TIP!Tuesday - Voting Buttons Are GONE in New Outlook… Now What?!

March 25, 20261 min read

If you’ve ever tried to plan something simple in Outlook—like lunch for a team meeting—you already know how quickly things can spiral…

“Reply all.”
“Reply all.”
“Reply all.”

Suddenly you’re playing email detective, counting responses like it’s a game show nobody signed up for.

That’s why voting buttons used to feel like a little hidden superpower. Quick. Easy. Organized. Done.

So imagine the moment people switch to new Outlook and realize…

👉 They’re gone.

Yep. No voting buttons. No quick tally. No easy button.

Cue the dramatic music 🎻

But here’s the twist…

What if I told you the replacement isn’t just “good enough”…
What if it’s actually better?


💡 Plot Twist: There’s a Smarter Way

New Outlook introduces something that changes the game. I will walk through exactly how this works (and why it might win you over) in this week’s TIP!Tuesday 👇

👉 https://youtu.be/P86RGxwb7i0

You’ll see:
✨ How voting buttons worked in classic Outlook
✨ What’s changed in new Outlook
✨ How to use polls step-by-step
✨ Why this might be your new favorite feature

You might say I’m a cross between Dear Abby…and the Crabby Office Lady…I miss the Crabby Office Lady!  While my crabbiness varies depending on the day…my passion for helping you to work smarter and not harder only grows with the knowledge I gain every single day.  So STUMP me!  Ask me questions!  It’s my opportunity to learn, too.  Having said that, I might now just opened a can of worms, but I welcome the challenge.

They call me ShortCut Shari because I love keyboard shortcuts, but there are so many other ways to get from A to B more quickly in your daily job…so let’s get to work!

Shortcut Shari

You might say I’m a cross between Dear Abby…and the Crabby Office Lady…I miss the Crabby Office Lady! While my crabbiness varies depending on the day…my passion for helping you to work smarter and not harder only grows with the knowledge I gain every single day. So STUMP me! Ask me questions! It’s my opportunity to learn, too. Having said that, I might now just opened a can of worms, but I welcome the challenge. They call me ShortCut Shari because I love keyboard shortcuts, but there are so many other ways to get from A to B more quickly in your daily job…so let’s get to work!

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