NavPane truncates folder names

H

Heather

The folder names in my navigation pane in Outlook 2003 have recently
become truncated. The last few characters of the folder name as well
as the right parenthesis on the count of number of items are cut off.
This only happens in the Navigation Pane for email. The folders view
is ok. When Outlook first loads the folders names are normal for about
1 second. Then they become truncated as Outlook completes its load.

I ran ScanPST and repaired errors as well as started Outlook with the
/resetnavpane switch but neither helped.

Does anyone have any other suggestions to restore my navpane?

Many thanks,
Heather
 
R

Roady [MVP]

Yes, only the Folder List Navigation has a vertical scrollbar. For the other
Navigations you'll need to adjust the width of your Navigation Pane. Don't
ask me why ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1
 
H

Heather

Toady

Thanks for the reply. The width of the folders window is not the
issue. I can make it as wide as my entire screen and still folder
names are truncated. For example, the Inbox folder has 3/4 of the 'x'
truncated. The Junk Mail folder has half of the 'i' and the 'l'
truncated. To the right of the truncated folder name is the number of
items in the folder. This has the second digit and the right
parenthesis truncated.

Does that make sense? Each folder is truncated a little bit on the
right, then the number of items is displayed but also truncated.

I assumed other people might be seeing this odd behaviour.

Heather


Roady said:
Yes, only the Folder List Navigation has a vertical scrollbar. For the other
Navigations you'll need to adjust the width of your Navigation Pane. Don't
ask me why ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Heather said:
The folder names in my navigation pane in Outlook 2003 have recently
become truncated. The last few characters of the folder name as well
as the right parenthesis on the count of number of items are cut off.
This only happens in the Navigation Pane for email. The folders view
is ok. When Outlook first loads the folders names are normal for about
1 second. Then they become truncated as Outlook completes its load.

I ran ScanPST and repaired errors as well as started Outlook with the
/resetnavpane switch but neither helped.

Does anyone have any other suggestions to restore my navpane?

Many thanks,
Heather
 
R

Roady [MVP]

Hi Heather,

Could you post a screenshot?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Heather said:
Toady

Thanks for the reply. The width of the folders window is not the
issue. I can make it as wide as my entire screen and still folder
names are truncated. For example, the Inbox folder has 3/4 of the 'x'
truncated. The Junk Mail folder has half of the 'i' and the 'l'
truncated. To the right of the truncated folder name is the number of
items in the folder. This has the second digit and the right
parenthesis truncated.

Does that make sense? Each folder is truncated a little bit on the
right, then the number of items is displayed but also truncated.

I assumed other people might be seeing this odd behaviour.

Heather


Roady said:
Yes, only the Folder List Navigation has a vertical scrollbar. For the
other
Navigations you'll need to adjust the width of your Navigation Pane.
Don't
ask me why ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Heather said:
The folder names in my navigation pane in Outlook 2003 have recently
become truncated. The last few characters of the folder name as well
as the right parenthesis on the count of number of items are cut off.
This only happens in the Navigation Pane for email. The folders view
is ok. When Outlook first loads the folders names are normal for about
1 second. Then they become truncated as Outlook completes its load.

I ran ScanPST and repaired errors as well as started Outlook with the
/resetnavpane switch but neither helped.

Does anyone have any other suggestions to restore my navpane?

Many thanks,
Heather
 
H

Heather

Robert

Glad to post a screenshot. Take a look at
http://www.heatherland.com/Files/Outlook.jpg

Looking at the top 5 lines,
* Inbox has 1/2 of the x cut off
* Reply has part of the y missing and part of the right bracket
* The 3rd line should be "Reply Later" but the r is missing and part
of the right bracket is missing
* The 4th line should be "Follow Up" but most of the "p" is missing.

Weird behaviour,
Any insights welcome.
Heather



Roady said:
Hi Heather,

Could you post a screenshot?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Heather said:
Toady

Thanks for the reply. The width of the folders window is not the
issue. I can make it as wide as my entire screen and still folder
names are truncated. For example, the Inbox folder has 3/4 of the 'x'
truncated. The Junk Mail folder has half of the 'i' and the 'l'
truncated. To the right of the truncated folder name is the number of
items in the folder. This has the second digit and the right
parenthesis truncated.

Does that make sense? Each folder is truncated a little bit on the
right, then the number of items is displayed but also truncated.

I assumed other people might be seeing this odd behaviour.

Heather


Roady said:
Yes, only the Folder List Navigation has a vertical scrollbar. For the
other
Navigations you'll need to adjust the width of your Navigation Pane.
Don't
ask me why ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
The folder names in my navigation pane in Outlook 2003 have recently
become truncated. The last few characters of the folder name as well
as the right parenthesis on the count of number of items are cut off.
This only happens in the Navigation Pane for email. The folders view
is ok. When Outlook first loads the folders names are normal for about
1 second. Then they become truncated as Outlook completes its load.

I ran ScanPST and repaired errors as well as started Outlook with the
/resetnavpane switch but neither helped.

Does anyone have any other suggestions to restore my navpane?

Many thanks,
Heather
 
R

Roady [MVP]

Hi Heather,

That looks ugly indeed. Have you tried updating your videocard driver
already and/or change the display resolution settings?

Feel free to e-mail a copy of your replies to
feedback_REMOVE_@_THIS_howto-outlook_AND_._THIS_com so I won't loose sight
of this ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Heather said:
Robert

Glad to post a screenshot. Take a look at
http://www.heatherland.com/Files/Outlook.jpg

Looking at the top 5 lines,
* Inbox has 1/2 of the x cut off
* Reply has part of the y missing and part of the right bracket
* The 3rd line should be "Reply Later" but the r is missing and part
of the right bracket is missing
* The 4th line should be "Follow Up" but most of the "p" is missing.

Weird behaviour,
Any insights welcome.
Heather



Roady said:
Hi Heather,

Could you post a screenshot?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Heather said:
Toady

Thanks for the reply. The width of the folders window is not the
issue. I can make it as wide as my entire screen and still folder
names are truncated. For example, the Inbox folder has 3/4 of the 'x'
truncated. The Junk Mail folder has half of the 'i' and the 'l'
truncated. To the right of the truncated folder name is the number of
items in the folder. This has the second digit and the right
parenthesis truncated.

Does that make sense? Each folder is truncated a little bit on the
right, then the number of items is displayed but also truncated.

I assumed other people might be seeing this odd behaviour.

Heather


"Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net>
wrote
in message Yes, only the Folder List Navigation has a vertical scrollbar. For the
other
Navigations you'll need to adjust the width of your Navigation Pane.
Don't
ask me why ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
The folder names in my navigation pane in Outlook 2003 have recently
become truncated. The last few characters of the folder name as well
as the right parenthesis on the count of number of items are cut
off.
This only happens in the Navigation Pane for email. The folders view
is ok. When Outlook first loads the folders names are normal for
about
1 second. Then they become truncated as Outlook completes its load.

I ran ScanPST and repaired errors as well as started Outlook with
the
/resetnavpane switch but neither helped.

Does anyone have any other suggestions to restore my navpane?

Many thanks,
Heather
 
H

Heather

Roady

I have the latest video BIOS from ATI and I just loaded their latest
driver. No luck. I have been having a lot of trouble with Norton
Internet Security interfering with just about everything I do. I don't
suppose that is the culprit here but I am at a loss as to what else
could be causing it.

I appreciate your interest.
Heather


Roady said:
Hi Heather,

That looks ugly indeed. Have you tried updating your videocard driver
already and/or change the display resolution settings?

Feel free to e-mail a copy of your replies to
feedback_REMOVE_@_THIS_howto-outlook_AND_._THIS_com so I won't loose sight
of this ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Heather said:
Robert

Glad to post a screenshot. Take a look at
http://www.heatherland.com/Files/Outlook.jpg

Looking at the top 5 lines,
* Inbox has 1/2 of the x cut off
* Reply has part of the y missing and part of the right bracket
* The 3rd line should be "Reply Later" but the r is missing and part
of the right bracket is missing
* The 4th line should be "Follow Up" but most of the "p" is missing.

Weird behaviour,
Any insights welcome.
Heather



Roady said:
Hi Heather,

Could you post a screenshot?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Toady

Thanks for the reply. The width of the folders window is not the
issue. I can make it as wide as my entire screen and still folder
names are truncated. For example, the Inbox folder has 3/4 of the 'x'
truncated. The Junk Mail folder has half of the 'i' and the 'l'
truncated. To the right of the truncated folder name is the number of
items in the folder. This has the second digit and the right
parenthesis truncated.

Does that make sense? Each folder is truncated a little bit on the
right, then the number of items is displayed but also truncated.

I assumed other people might be seeing this odd behaviour.

Heather


"Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net>
wrote
in message Yes, only the Folder List Navigation has a vertical scrollbar. For the
other
Navigations you'll need to adjust the width of your Navigation Pane.
Don't
ask me why ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
The folder names in my navigation pane in Outlook 2003 have recently
become truncated. The last few characters of the folder name as well
as the right parenthesis on the count of number of items are cut
off.
This only happens in the Navigation Pane for email. The folders view
is ok. When Outlook first loads the folders names are normal for
about
1 second. Then they become truncated as Outlook completes its load.

I ran ScanPST and repaired errors as well as started Outlook with
the
/resetnavpane switch but neither helped.

Does anyone have any other suggestions to restore my navpane?

Many thanks,
Heather
 
H

Heather

I have isolated the source of the display problem. When I boot my Dell
Inspiron in the docking station (I do not use an external monitor) I
have the font display problem in Outlook. If I boot the machine
outside of the docking station everything displays normally, even
after adding the laptop back into the docking station.

I updated the firmware on the docking station but to no avail. At
least I have a workaround in that I can boot out of the dock.

Heather

Roady

I have the latest video BIOS from ATI and I just loaded their latest
driver. No luck. I have been having a lot of trouble with Norton
Internet Security interfering with just about everything I do. I don't
suppose that is the culprit here but I am at a loss as to what else
could be causing it.

I appreciate your interest.
Heather


Roady said:
Hi Heather,

That looks ugly indeed. Have you tried updating your videocard driver
already and/or change the display resolution settings?

Feel free to e-mail a copy of your replies to
feedback_REMOVE_@_THIS_howto-outlook_AND_._THIS_com so I won't loose sight
of this ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Heather said:
Robert

Glad to post a screenshot. Take a look at
http://www.heatherland.com/Files/Outlook.jpg

Looking at the top 5 lines,
* Inbox has 1/2 of the x cut off
* Reply has part of the y missing and part of the right bracket
* The 3rd line should be "Reply Later" but the r is missing and part
of the right bracket is missing
* The 4th line should be "Follow Up" but most of the "p" is missing.

Weird behaviour,
Any insights welcome.
Heather



in message Hi Heather,

Could you post a screenshot?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Toady

Thanks for the reply. The width of the folders window is not the
issue. I can make it as wide as my entire screen and still folder
names are truncated. For example, the Inbox folder has 3/4 of the 'x'
truncated. The Junk Mail folder has half of the 'i' and the 'l'
truncated. To the right of the truncated folder name is the number of
items in the folder. This has the second digit and the right
parenthesis truncated.

Does that make sense? Each folder is truncated a little bit on the
right, then the number of items is displayed but also truncated.

I assumed other people might be seeing this odd behaviour.

Heather


"Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net>
wrote
in message Yes, only the Folder List Navigation has a vertical scrollbar. For the
other
Navigations you'll need to adjust the width of your Navigation Pane.
Don't
ask me why ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
The folder names in my navigation pane in Outlook 2003 have recently
become truncated. The last few characters of the folder name as well
as the right parenthesis on the count of number of items are cut
off.
This only happens in the Navigation Pane for email. The folders view
is ok. When Outlook first loads the folders names are normal for
about
1 second. Then they become truncated as Outlook completes its load.

I ran ScanPST and repaired errors as well as started Outlook with
the
/resetnavpane switch but neither helped.

Does anyone have any other suggestions to restore my navpane?

Many thanks,
Heather
 
B

bobkmiller

Heather:
I had this problem some time back and one of the good folks (Diane) here was
able to solve it for me. The solution is:

Right click on the desktop and choose properties. On the themes tab, save
the current theme, then select the windows xp theme. If it doesn't help, you
can go back to the theme you saved - although since it fixed it for Andy, I
expect it will fix it for you as well. :)

Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Bob


Heather said:
I have isolated the source of the display problem. When I boot my Dell
Inspiron in the docking station (I do not use an external monitor) I
have the font display problem in Outlook. If I boot the machine
outside of the docking station everything displays normally, even
after adding the laptop back into the docking station.

I updated the firmware on the docking station but to no avail. At
least I have a workaround in that I can boot out of the dock.

Heather

Roady

I have the latest video BIOS from ATI and I just loaded their latest
driver. No luck. I have been having a lot of trouble with Norton
Internet Security interfering with just about everything I do. I don't
suppose that is the culprit here but I am at a loss as to what else
could be causing it.

I appreciate your interest.
Heather


Roady said:
Hi Heather,

That looks ugly indeed. Have you tried updating your videocard driver
already and/or change the display resolution settings?

Feel free to e-mail a copy of your replies to
feedback_REMOVE_@_THIS_howto-outlook_AND_._THIS_com so I won't loose sight
of this ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Robert

Glad to post a screenshot. Take a look at
http://www.heatherland.com/Files/Outlook.jpg

Looking at the top 5 lines,
* Inbox has 1/2 of the x cut off
* Reply has part of the y missing and part of the right bracket
* The 3rd line should be "Reply Later" but the r is missing and part
of the right bracket is missing
* The 4th line should be "Follow Up" but most of the "p" is missing.

Weird behaviour,
Any insights welcome.
Heather



in message Hi Heather,

Could you post a screenshot?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Toady

Thanks for the reply. The width of the folders window is not the
issue. I can make it as wide as my entire screen and still folder
names are truncated. For example, the Inbox folder has 3/4 of the 'x'
truncated. The Junk Mail folder has half of the 'i' and the 'l'
truncated. To the right of the truncated folder name is the number of
items in the folder. This has the second digit and the right
parenthesis truncated.

Does that make sense? Each folder is truncated a little bit on the
right, then the number of items is displayed but also truncated.

I assumed other people might be seeing this odd behaviour.

Heather


"Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net>
wrote
in message Yes, only the Folder List Navigation has a vertical scrollbar. For the
other
Navigations you'll need to adjust the width of your Navigation Pane.
Don't
ask me why ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
The folder names in my navigation pane in Outlook 2003 have recently
become truncated. The last few characters of the folder name as well
as the right parenthesis on the count of number of items are cut
off.
This only happens in the Navigation Pane for email. The folders view
is ok. When Outlook first loads the folders names are normal for
about
1 second. Then they become truncated as Outlook completes its load.

I ran ScanPST and repaired errors as well as started Outlook with
the
/resetnavpane switch but neither helped.

Does anyone have any other suggestions to restore my navpane?

Many thanks,
Heather
 

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