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MS Office Forum / Outlook / General MS Outlook Questions / November 2006How do I turn off the reading pane in Outlook 2003?
Can anyone tell me how to turn off the reading pane completely - i.e. so that it never ever appears under any circumstances whatsoever? I load outlook from my start up folder with the switch "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /nopreview which seems to stop the reading pane appearing except when I create a new outlook subfoldder to my inbox folder. Is it possible to completely stop the reading pane? I am happy to have a solution which means I can never ever change my mind and get the reading pane back. I don't want it, it's not needed. Modify your default view; View-> Arrange By-> Current View-> Define Views... Just curious; why don't you like it?  SignatureRobert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more ----- > Can anyone tell me how to turn off the reading pane completely - i.e. so > that [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > pane > back. I don't want it, it's not needed. Cheers. That doesn't seem to work. I went into the settings and the reading pane for Inbox is already set to off. Sure enough there's no reading pane on any existing folders. It's only when I create a new folder that I get the reading pane back by default. I just don't like to use the space that way. I end up scanning emails and half reading them, thinking I've read them .... I'd much rather open emails when I want to open them, not have them opened by default. Thanks for trying to help. Steve > Can anyone tell me how to turn off the reading pane completely - i.e. so that > it never ever appears under any circumstances whatsoever? I load outlook from [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > solution which means I can never ever change my mind and get the reading pane > back. I don't want it, it's not needed. That is the method though; views for new folders are being created based on the default Messages view. When you modify it this way (and not through Customize...) it applies to all folders still in the default Messages view. Instead of starting Outlook with the /nopreview switch all the time start it only once with the /cleanviews switch and then modify the default Messages view. After this use the default Outlook shortcut again without any switches. SignatureRobert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more ----- > Cheers. That doesn't seem to work. I went into the settings and the > reading [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> pane >> back. I don't want it, it's not needed. |
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