I think you're just seeing the reading pane open. Use the f6 key to move around from pane-to-pane. Then when you're positioned on the Inbox open the view menu and turn off the reading pane, todo bar, and task pane, to keep things clean. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Connor" <gjconnor@xxxxxxx> To: "JFW Mailing List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:58 Subject: Outlook 2007 Hi all. I just bought myself a new laptop computer with Windows 7 and am using Outlook 2007 on it. I'm experiencing a small problem with Outlook. When I open Outlook, I end up going right in to an e-mail message instead of just the program. I try getting out of the message by hitting escape, but I get nowhere. I end up closing Outlook and starting again. Can someone please tell me how to fix this? Cheers. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2665 - Release Date: 02/03/10 01:09:00 -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx