Outlook 2007 display problem

[Michael Roder]

I am using Outlook 2007 on Vista Home Premium with SP1 using a HP tx1000
Tablet PC. All MS patches have been applied. With my decrepit eyes, I
usually set the resolution to 800 x 600. When I am in a contact screen, part
of the form is hidden under the Vista Start Bar. Even if I auto hide it not
all is displayed. If I change the display to 1024 x 768, the entire form is
shown. This appears to be a problem with Outlook rather than Vista since
other applications display properly (in some cases adding vertical or
horizontial scroll bars.

Is there some way to change the contact screen to work properly at 800 x
600 resolution?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I am using Outlook 2007 on Vista Home Premium with SP1 using a HP tx1000
Tablet PC. All MS patches have been applied. With my decrepit eyes, I
usually set the resolution to 800 x 600. When I am in a contact screen,
part
of the form is hidden under the Vista Start Bar. Even if I auto hide it
not
all is displayed. If I change the display to 1024 x 768, the entire form
is
shown. This appears to be a problem with Outlook rather than Vista since
other applications display properly (in some cases adding vertical or
horizontial scroll bars.

Is there some way to change the contact screen to work properly at 800 x
600 resolution?

If you resize the Contact form, then close the form, Outlook should remember
the size for the next time.

 

[Michael Roder]

A suggestion that I had set the characters large prompted me to take a fresh
look look at the problem--and I found a solution. I had the ribbon bar
maximized. Silly me, I assumed that when I changed a header size the display
would change size or scroll bars would be added. Maybe it is another MS
feature to turn off scroll bars in the this case unless I found the "Easter
Egg" toggle switch!

Bottom line: Minimize the Ribbon Bar for a complete Contact display and use
additional clicks to accomplish a menu item.