#How to go back to old outlook windows

#How to go back to old outlook windows

The following shows the results for a screen with 768 pixels in height, the Windows dpi settings left to 100% and Outlook maximized. To do this choose: View-> Folder Pane-> Options-> Compact Navigation If optimizing vertical viewing space really is a priority, then you can also configure the Navigation Strip to be placed back into the Navigation Pane. The regained amount of vertical viewing space is also minimal.Д«onus tip: Place the Navigation Strip back in the Navigation Pane Tab View-> button View Settings-> button Other SettingsвЂ¦-> drop down list: Grid line style: No grid linesДisabling the grid line might not be the best way to go though as, with the removal of the envelope icon and only showing the message flag when hovering on an item, it will make it harder to separate between the individual items.

You can disable that in the following way: To remove the first line of the message from the Message List, switch to the View tab, click on the Message Preview menu button and select: OffДЄnother change in the Message List is that now a separator line is being displayed between the messages. The first line of a message in now being displayed Note: Click 'Yes' when a warning shows that you have not set any conditions. I said 'similar size' as in Outlook 2013, you can no longer specify 8pt as the font size but only 'smaller' which is the same as 9pt.ДЄnyway, to reduce the display size of the sender name, add the following very simple Conditional Formatting rule by pressing the 'Add' button: To decrease the name of the sender back to a similar size as in Outlook 2010, you need to go back to the 'Conditional Formatting' dialog as indicated above. The sender name is being displayed larger than the rest Tab View-> button View Settings-> button Conditional Formatting-> select: Unread messages-> button FontвЂ¦ Here you'll find a list of 16 additional colors too choose from (although not all of them are very usable). The blue subject matches with the new 'house color' of Outlook 2013, but if you do not like this and prefer it being black again or another color, changing it is easy enough. The color of the bar can be customized in the same way that you can change the color of the subject. Special icons for reply, forward, Out of Office replies, Meeting invitations, etcвЂ¦ are still being displayed on the right side above the time/date of the received message. Instead, you now have a blue bar indicating whether or not you've read a message. This is a thing which can't be changed back to the way it was in Outlook 2010 The read/unread envelope is gone. Blue Bar instead of read/unread envelope icon Note: The interface remained largely the same in Outlook 2016 so you can also use this guide to give Outlook 2016 a more вЂњclassicвЂќ look and feel. Especially when you are on a smaller screen, this will allow you to claim back some vertical viewing space and see more messages in the message list. For another part, the changes were to account for touch based devices as well without the need for 2 separate interfaces.ДЇor the large part, you can switch it back to the way it looked in Outlook 2010. In part, the changes were to clean up the interface. The Message List indeed got quite the overhaul in Outlook 2013 and, depending on your account type and how you upgraded to Outlook 2013, some of your view settings will be changed as well. How can I set it back to the way it was in Outlook 2010? I don't find this new configuration very clear and, due to some other UI changes as well, I now see 4-6 messages less in my message list than I did in Outlook 2010. The first line of a message in now being displayed.The sender name is being displayed larger than the rest.The mail icons are gone and has been replaced with a blue bar.The message list has changed quite a bit in Outlook 2013.