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F. Edwin Felty - 10 Nov 2005 21:03 GMT

Just a few minutes ago, something changed about my eMail view pane (not
reading pane). Now all my various folders show only two columns. one is
'view:????' depending on the view I have selected and the other is 'Oldest
on top' or 'newest...' depending on which I select. To get my original view
with columns. I have to go to 'Tools>Options>Other tab>Advanced Options
Button'. Then, without changing anything at all, I 'OK' my way out and
'Voile!!' Everything is back to normal. But change to a different Folder and
it's not right and then go back to the original folder and it's not right
either. I've never seen this before and don't recall seeing mention of this
behavior in the groups.

System Info: WinXP Pro (with all updates), Outlook 2003 (with all updates)
running on an Asus K7N8X-E Deluxe MB with an Athlon 3200+ and 1 GB Memory on
two 512 MB sticks. All has been running fine since a 'clean' install about
three weeks ago.

Nothing unusual preceded this change (no system crashes, blue screens etc.)

Any help will be greatly appreciated. I'm packing to move to Loveland next
week and time is limited.

Thanks again!

--
Eddie in Colorado Springs, soon to be in Loveland

"I read about the evils of drink, so I gave up reading."

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Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook] - 12 Nov 2005 02:51 GMT

Did you have the Reading Pane enabled before? Was it on the right or on the
bottom? When the Reading Pane is on and it's on the right, there's not much
room for columns...so it sounds like you've changed how you're using the
Reading Pane.

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> Just a few minutes ago, something changed about my eMail view pane (not
> reading pane). Now all my various folders show only two columns. one is
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> "I read about the evils of drink, so I gave up reading."

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F. Edwin Felty - 12 Nov 2005 13:59 GMT

In news:135A0F53-36C2-4F4B-BB20-F9BCC98D460C@microsoft.com,
Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]
<JocelynFiorelloMVPOutlook@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> Did you have the Reading Pane enabled before? Was it on the right or on
> the bottom? When the Reading Pane is on and it's on the right, there's
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>> "I read about the evils of drink, so I gave up reading."

Actually, I had the reading pane on the bottom all the time, it was the pane
listing the emails in my inbox that was acting up. Last night, I ran
spinrite on the second physical harddrive (not the frst that has the
operating s ystem etc.), and when I just rebooted it, Outlook seems back to
normal. I have no idea what fixed it, unless the problems of the second
drive were affecting the first...oh well...

Thanks for your thoughts, I appreciate it.

Eddie in Colorado Springs, soon to be in Loveland

"People who like peace and quiet need a phoneless cord."

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