Outlook Reading Pane

Kevy Baby · 01-24-2011, 02:57 PM

Who uses it?

Just curious (seems to be differing opinions on it here at the office).

Gn2Dlnd · 01-24-2011, 02:58 PM

I can't even get Outlook to open on my computer.

So, not me.

Ghoulish Delight · 01-24-2011, 03:05 PM

I love the reading pane.

But then, I have a ginormous monitor at work, so the pane can take up enough screen real estate to be useful while still leaving plenty of room for all of the other visual elements of Outlook.

What I don't use is auto-preview. It just clutters up the message list.

blueerica · 01-24-2011, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I love the reading pane.

But then, I have a ginormous monitor at work, so the pane can take up enough screen real estate to be useful while still leaving plenty of room for all of the other visual elements of Outlook.

What I don't use is auto-preview. It just clutters up the message list.

Ditto.

My monitor is large and in charge. I use it for the same reasons as Alex... to know which to ignore.

Pane on the right.

Alex · 01-24-2011, 03:05 PM

Bottom, emails automatically marked as read once displayed in the pane for 5 seconds. I get a couple hundred work emails a day, if I actually had to open them to know which ones I could ignore I'd go nuts.

JWBear · 01-24-2011, 03:12 PM

I use it (Outlook at work, Thunderbird at home). Love it.

innerSpaceman · 01-24-2011, 03:54 PM

I just use it at work, and I love it. Love it on bottom (yes, I'm still talking about Outlook), taking up about half the screen.

I wish GMail would have something like that ... or do they?

Stan4dSteph · 01-25-2011, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I wish GMail would have something like that ... or do they?

There is a feature you can enable in Google Labs that lets you preview a message by right clicking on it.

BarTopDancer · 01-25-2011, 09:47 AM

Pane on the right, use to ignore.

lashbear · 01-25-2011, 04:06 PM

Thank you JWB - now using Thunderbird at home... aaaand loving it.

View Poll Results: Do You Use the Reading Pane in Outlook
Yes - Reading Pane on Right	4	22.22%
Yes - Reading Pane on Bottom	5	27.78%
No	5	27.78%
Who uses Outlook any more?	4	22.22%
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01-24-2011, 02:57 PM	#1
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Outlook Reading Pane Who uses it? Just curious (seems to be differing opinions on it here at the office). __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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01-24-2011, 02:58 PM	#2
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	I can't even get Outlook to open on my computer. So, not me. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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01-24-2011, 03:05 PM	#3
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I love the reading pane. But then, I have a ginormous monitor at work, so the pane can take up enough screen real estate to be useful while still leaving plenty of room for all of the other visual elements of Outlook. What I don't use is auto-preview. It just clutters up the message list. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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01-24-2011, 03:05 PM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Bottom, emails automatically marked as read once displayed in the pane for 5 seconds. I get a couple hundred work emails a day, if I actually had to open them to know which ones I could ignore I'd go nuts.
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01-24-2011, 03:12 PM	#6
JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	I use it (Outlook at work, Thunderbird at home). Love it. __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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01-24-2011, 03:54 PM	#7
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I just use it at work, and I love it. Love it on bottom (yes, I'm still talking about Outlook), taking up about half the screen. I wish GMail would have something like that ... or do they?
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01-25-2011, 09:47 AM	#9
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Pane on the right, use to ignore. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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01-25-2011, 04:06 PM	#10
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	Thank you JWB - now using Thunderbird at home... aaaand loving it. __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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