Do you REALLY mean the PREVIEW pane...since there is no such thing. There is a PREVIEW VIEW and then there is a READING PANE. So first, the answer is no. There's no "turn off [whatever] for everything. But what you CAN do is define a new view that has the Reading Pane turned on/off and the Preview view set on/off or for unread only. Then be sure to set that view to any group and start applying it as needed. If anyone DOES know of a way to set it to all globally, please jump in cos' I've never found that ability and would love it. So far, creating a special view is the best I can do. Click View > Arrange By and go down to Define Views. Create your new view, check to allow it to be applied to all and then apply as needed. The view/reading options are under the OTHER SETTINGS option. Note that I have a free video lesson on OL views here: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=571 The above doesn't show you exactly what you want to do...but it gets you close to the understanding of how the views work. Next month, as a matter of fact, I'll be explaining how to define and apply views. But assuming you don't want to wait 2 weeks...check out the above, follow my directions here...and give it a shot. Good luck... Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified Editor/TechTrax Ezine Help Katrina's Homeless Animals: http://www.mousetrax.com/pets.html Free Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martha Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 1:54 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Another Outlook 2003 question Is there a way to turn Preview Pane off globally? (I do not like Preview Pane!) Martha http://www.marthas-web.com <http://www.marthas-web.com/> http://marthas-web-blog.blogspot.com/ ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.2/105 - Release Date: 9/19/2005 -- This email scanned and certified clean by AVG! Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.2/105 - Release Date: 9/19/2005 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************