Help with Office Outlook

[Gene L.]

I recently changed from Windows Mail to Office Outlook 2007 on my Vista Home
premium System. Everything is working as I believe it should. There is one
thing however, which I find time-consuming and annoying but perhaps I am not
using the right sequence.

With Windows Mail, I can open an incoming message and, when I finish reading
it, I can go on to the next message (already opened) just by pressing a
"down arrow" on the tool bar. There is no such arrow in Outlook 2007 and to
read the next message, I have to go back to the message list and start over
again to select and open. I do this because it is difficult for me to read
messages in the preview pane. Is there a way to access the next message
directly?

Thanks for your help - I hope I have explained my request in an
understandable way.

Gene L.

 

[LD55ZRA]

I recently changed from Windows Mail to Office Outlook 2007 on my Vista
Home premium System. Everything is working as I believe it should. There
is one thing however, which I find time-consuming and annoying but
perhaps I am not using the right sequence.

With Windows Mail, I can open an incoming message and, when I finish
reading it, I can go on to the next message (already opened) just by
pressing a "down arrow" on the tool bar. There is no such arrow in
Outlook 2007 and to read the next message, I have to go back to the
message list and start over again to select and open. I do this because
it is difficult for me to read messages in the preview pane. Is there a
way to access the next message directly?

Thanks for your help - I hope I have explained my request in an
understandable way.

Gene L.

You could arrange your Outlook such that it resembles Windows Live Mail.
For example on the View tab do the following:

Arrange by: Date;
Current View: Messages;
Navigation Pane: Normal; Favorite Folders;
Reading Pane: Bottom;

This should make your life a little bit easier!.

hth

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

I recently changed from Windows Mail to Office Outlook 2007 on my Vista Home
premium System. Everything is working as I believe it should. There is one
thing however, which I find time-consuming and annoying but perhaps I am not
using the right sequence.

With Windows Mail, I can open an incoming message and, when I finish reading
it, I can go on to the next message (already opened) just by pressing a
"down arrow" on the tool bar. There is no such arrow in Outlook 2007 and to
read the next message, I have to go back to the message list and start over
again to select and open. I do this because it is difficult for me to read
messages in the preview pane. Is there a way to access the next message
directly?

And 50 minutes prior to posting this you also posted:

"Please disregard this inquiry. I do not know how I missed it. The
application is exactly the same."

So, if you knew the answer after posting the original message, why post again?