Yeah, Tina...it sounds to me like OE is a better choice for you if you want to use the preview pane....since I turn mine off and NEVER turn it on, Outlook suits me fine Of course, Outlook can do something that OE can't....in Outlook you can create custom views of your own....so, you could make two views...one called PreviewPaneOn and one called PreviewPaneOff....then apply one to the folders where you want to use Preview Pane, and apply the other one to the ones where you don't....as long as you don't go turning the dang thing on and off in any folder, it will stay the way you want. Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tina Clarke Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 6:50 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Linda- preview pane in outlook.. An addition from Linda > > Vic just reminded me that you could also make a shortcut to do this and > put a new icon on your desktop...so, if you use this icon instead of the > default Outlook icon, this would open Outlook with all preview panes > closed with one click Tell me to go away with this if I'm giving you a headache :) ... what happens when I'm working in outlook... leave the preview open.. visit another folder .. get more emails.. and oops I actually remember leaving it open.. and to close the damm thing I have go into the folder?... ************************************************************* 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?Subject=unsubscribe 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 *************************************************************