I know it needs to be turned off for each folder individually and I have not found a way to turn it off globally. When you say it has been creeping back in, do you mean you turn it off on a specific folder and then suddenly it turns itself back on? I am not familiar with that behavior, except in the case of using different computers on a network -- unless you have roaming profiles in place, each time you log onto a new computer, the Outlook setup is specific to that computer so you would need to change any settings to reflect your preference. But if you're using a standalone computer then I'm not sure why it would be doing that. Elise -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chuck Balogh-Core Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:37 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Outlook 2003 Reading Pane -- Pain in the ---!!! I am a new user of OL2003 (and quite pleased so far) and am working through the learning curve. Can someone tell me how to disable the Reading Pane? I have turned it OFF under the View/Reading Pane/OFF but it seems to creep back in unexpected. I thought that I read that it needs to be turned OFF for each folder. Is this true and if so, is there a simpler way than accessing each folder and setting it OFF? What did I miss? Humbly Chuck ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************