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Why grayed-out? Because (in case you're listening microsoft) NO ONE USES THE PICTURES - WE DON'T WANT THEM. Two of the lines are in giant font next to a grayed-out picture of a face. As it is I get 5 lines on most headers even when "minimized" and otherwise I get 7! (that's 7 with exasperation point, not 7 factorial). possibly two lines if it was a large group or a long header. It needs the reply / fwd buttons on the left and then the sender and subject on the right. I'd need one line on a dark background so it's obviously a break-point in the screen. Oh man - the reduced header is still about 5 times larger than it needs to be. Microsoft is aware of the problem but whether they will properly fix it is left to be seen. This could be time for third party reading panes to make a comeback. Where it doesn't help is with portrait orientation - I like the reading pane on the bottom so I can keep the Folder list visible but the header takes up a huge chunk of screen real estate. With the long list of messages visible onscreen, it's productive. The reading pane works great on the right and there is plenty of room to read messages, even with the ribbon open. The obvious solution is to use the reading pane on the right. The apps are available in the Office App Store. The App bar shown in the screenshot is available only with Exchange 2013 mailboxes. The rest is taken up by more white space. Part of the reason the header is so large is because of the reply and forwards buttons, photos are a little smaller than in Outlook 2007 and only account for half the increased height. Add attachments or the blocked external content warning, an Outlook App and the People Pane and you're lucky to see any part of the actual message when the reading pane is on the bottom. Disabling Contact photos won't help and in fact, adds about 6 pixels to the height. 75% of users keep it), when the reading pane is on the bottom, users are lucky to see a line or two of a message with the pane's height about half the height of the window. While it's not bad when the reading pane is on the right (where approx. To make matters worse, the header can't be minimized in the RTM build. 70 pixels taller than in Outlook 2010, which was taller than the header in Outlook 2007. The second biggest complaint after Outlook 2013's lack of color, is the size of the header in the reading pane. If the header is too narrow to list the names, a people icon is displayed along with the recipient count. Click on it to see the list of recipients. When there are too many names in the To or CC fields to list them all separately, a + number is displayed. With the smaller header, the To and date fields are moved to the right of the From field. If you set the value to 1, all UI that are related to the retention policy will be hidden.To expand or reduce the header, click on the caret in the lower right corner of the header. Note The default value of the registry key is 0. In the Value data box, enter 1, and then select OK. In the Details pane, press and hold (or right-click) SuppressRetentionPolicyUI, and then select Modify. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then select DWORD Value.Įnter SuppressRetentionPolicyUI, and then press Enter. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\ Locate and then select the following registry subkey:
#Office 2016 reading pane top top top windows
In Windows 7, select Start, enter regedit in the Start Search box, and then select regedit.exe in the search results.
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In Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, move your mouse to the upper-right corner, select Search, enter regedit in the search text box, and then select regedit.exe in the search results.
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In Windows 10, go to Start, enter regedit in the Search box, and then select regedit.exe in the search results. Start Registry Editor by using the appropriate method for your version of Windows:
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Before you modify it, back up the registry for restoration in case problems occur. Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Important: Follow the steps in this section carefully.