How to Disable the Reading in Outlook for Mac. To hide the reading pane in Outlook for Mac, click the “Organize” tab. Click the “Reading Pane” button and select “Off” from the menu. This menu also allows you to move the reading pane to the bottom of the Outlook window. The reading pane closes.
This new format should have a familiar feel to anyone who uses forums. Even so, it takes some getting used to and I'm not sold on it (change is hard, even for me!), especially with messages with long signatures as I think it makes it harder to follow the message. It is great for shorter messages.
Switching back and forth between Classic and Conversational mode is a simple click of the button. The buttons are on the View tab but you can add them to the Home ribbon or the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) to make it easier. This is the reading pane in the new conversation mode with several messages in the conversation. The features include:.
(1) To reply or forward a specific message in the thread, expand the button to the right of that message. Using this button will add your signature to the message. (2) To pop a specific message out of the reading pane, click the dots on the left side at the bottom of the message.
(3) To pop the reply into a new window, click the pop out window button to the right of the reply field. (4) Write your reply at the bottom of the thread. When you reply here, your signature won't be added to the message.
Click the link at the top of the reading pane to download external content. Click Original conversation to view previously read messages in the thread. The message list resembles the message list in Outlook on the web. Flagged items are highlighted in yellow. If the focused inbox is turned on, you'll have the Focused and Other tabs at the top of the list.
Color categories are not visible in this view and are not available on the right-click context menu, you'll need to open the message to assign a category. Conversation mode is available now in the (build 8017.1000) and will be available to all click-to-run subscribers within a few weeks. Other Changes The other new change is attachment handling. All attachments in the thread are grouped under the attachment button. Long filenames are displayed in full if the reading pane is wide enough. (The longest filename I tested was 118 characters.) The size of headers in the last few versions of Outlook has generated complaints and while the header in the Conversation mode should please a lot of people, it's also less informative.
You don't see the email address, only the display name, which could increase the odds of someone getting fooled by a spammer. I'm hoping this will change in a future build, but the early builds use the (easily faked) Reply-to address as the sender in the Conversational mode header, not the From address. Users need to be alert and verify links before clicking or open the message to see the classic header.
The conversational mode is a work in progress but i have no idea if categories will be available in it, based on how it works. Categories are disabled completely - even the keyboard shortcuts don't work. (I haven't tried a macro yet). The issue is that conversational mode basically redraws the view and merges all items in the thread - so outlook 'sees' one message, not individual messages. Features available on individual messages don't work.
For me, the bigger problem is that signatures aren't added.
Outlook.com’s neat email interface is handy, useful and very productive, no doubt. But you can customize the sleek look to make it more useful by enabling the reading pane.
After enabling the reading pane, your inbox gets divided into two pane – horizontal or vertical section (as you choose). Top or left section would contain all your inbox messages list where as Right or bottom pane would show you the content of selected email message. This type of inbox view settings is pretty useful if you’ve a monitor or laptop with large resolution as it helps you to take advantage of large screen. It also makes navigating between messages very easy and faster as it minimizes the level of interaction required to sort and read useful emails saving you time in case you receive lots of emails daily. How to enable Reading Pane in Outlook.com inbox view. Visit outlook.com website and login to your outlook account.
Click on the settings button located on the top right and select More Mail Settings. In the next screen, Under Reading Email section, choose Reading Pane option. Now, Under – Where do you want the Reading Pane to Appear?
– You’ll have to select either right or bottom (Off is selected by Default ). Click on the image check it in large size. Choose Right if your computer screen has Full HD resolution i.e. 1920.1080 to take advantage of the horizontal space. ‘Right’ is the most preferred or advised position for reading pane.
Chose Bottom if your computer screen has low resolution as this option would be more suitable for viewing mails. This is just my recommendation. You may choose either Right or Bottom depending upon your personal choice and viewing comfort. Now Under – When you first open your inbox or another folder, set the reading pane to: Select Show the first message automatically. This is recommended. Get back to inbox and enjoy the new email reading view and experience. You can also drag the separator between inbox and reading pane to right or left to adjust the width or top-bottom to adjust the height of reading pane as you find more useful.
The yellow-highlighted portion in the picture below is the separator from which you can adjust the reading pane size. If you do not like the reading pane, you can always disable it by going upto step 4 and selecting Off.
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