Microsoft OUTLOOK 2003 Help & Hints

How do I turn off Auto Preview, Reading Panes, and all Group-By settings?

These steps will turn off AutoPreview, Reading Panes, and all Group-By settings. You can also use this method to apply other changes based on your personal preferences.

1. Start Outlook from the "Run" window using the "/cleanviews" option:
   "Outlook /cleanviews"
2. Select the Inbox folder.
3. Navigate the menus to View | Arrange By | Current Views | Define View.
4. Select Messages and click the Modify button.
5. Click the Group By button and uncheck Automatically Group.
6. Click OK.
7. Click the Other Settings button and set Reading Pane to Off.
8. Click OK, twice.
9. Now this is the tricky part! Click on any other view listed in the dialog box OTHER THAN Messages and click Apply (Last 7 days, for example).
10. Navigate the menus again to View | Arrange By | Current Views | Define View.
11. Now choose Messages and click Apply.

Your new custom view will now be applied to all of your Outlook folders. However, this will not happen instantly. It will take some time for Outlook to work its way through your folders. If you have numerous folders and a deep hierarchy, you may have to click on the intended folder, then click another folder, and then click the intended folder again to get your view to display correctly.

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