Outlook Interface

[Gil McCulley]

I have been a long time user of Outlook, since Outlook 98. This the third
computer I have purchased with Office pre-installed. Why do I have to learn
a new interface with each version. I hate the new interface to use Alt F1 to
access folders. In receipt of Email the sender does not show up for the
message. I am either stupid or can't find how to sort adress book by last
names. The spam filter is very stupid the way it is set up. This is one case
that MS programmers did a lousy job. In your case retro would be a major
improvement over the current version of this formerely great system. It
appears as if as if I need to get me a new assistant for Email,calender, etc.
I would be happy to have an older version or beta test a new version based on
previous interface. I would be happy to discuss this with you on the phone.
I have been recommending Outlook to others, with this interface this is going
to stop. I guess I need to look to Word Pefect Office suite for answers.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

And the question is where?!?

In any event, some love the interface improvements and some hate it. Sorry
you don't like it, but you can select the folder icon in the lower left if
you like the old style way of seeing the entire folder list and not the mail
favorites pane.

Not sure what you mean by "email of sender". I can take this that Outlook
is not showing any sender information or you would prefer to see the e-mail
address and not the display name. (e.g. Neo = Display name but
(e-mail address removed) is the e-mail address). The default Messages view will
show the display name, but not the e-mail address in the center pane. If
you think your views are corrupted, you can start Outlook 1 time with the
/cleanviews command line switch. This will delete all custom views and
reset the default views back to a first-run condition.

If you need to work with views, you can select View > Arrange By > Current
View > Define Views.

To change the sort order of Outlook Address Books, see Tools | Email
accounts | View/Change existing directories and address books | Highlight
Outlook Address Book and select Change button. Radio button is at the
bottom.

You will have to clarify what is "stupid" with the spam/junk feature. Can't
exactly comment on what to try if you don't give specifics.

Outside of that, I went thru a little shock when moving from Outlook 2000 to
2003. Now that I have used Outlook 2003 for the better part of a year, I
wouldn't go back.

 

[Mel Ivey]

No rant from me, but even with custom views, I am at a loss as to how to
include the originating email address as a field in a view, particularly as a
way for me to identify and categorize likely SPAM. It doesn't seem to appear
as a fieldname or as a formatting option of the 'from' field.

Suggestions? Thanks in advance.

MI

 

[Chris]

I have been a long time user of Outlook, since Outlook 98. This the third
computer I have purchased with Office pre-installed. Why do I have to learn
a new interface with each version. I hate the new interface to use Alt F1 to
access folders. In receipt of Email the sender does not show up for the
message. I am either stupid or can't find how to sort adress book by last
names. The spam filter is very stupid the way it is set up. This is one case
that MS programmers did a lousy job. In your case retro would be a major
improvement over the current version of this formerely great system. It
appears as if as if I need to get me a new assistant for Email,calender, etc.
I would be happy to have an older version or beta test a new version based on
previous interface. I would be happy to discuss this with you on the phone.
I have been recommending Outlook to others, with this interface this is going
to stop. I guess I need to look to Word Pefect Office suite for answers.