Reading Pane - Not remembering per-folder pane preferences

[Guest]

Strangely enough my problem seems to be the exact opposite of most of the
reading pane questions I've read here...

I am running Outlook 2003 on Windows XP Media Center Edition.
I'm trying to set up Outlook so that the Reading Pane is arranged on the
right for most mail folders, yet is arranged on the bottom (ie. 'classic'
style) for certain special folders. All Microsoft documentation I can find
suggests that the reading pane setting is saved on a per-folder basis, so in
theory this should be easy for me to set up...

This doesn't seem to be the case for me though - whatever setting I choose
(for one folder) from the View > Reading Pane menu is remembered and applied
across every mail folder I view.

I've even tried experimenting with creating a custom view (View > Arrange >
Current View > Customize/Define Views (> Other Settings). Although Outlook
remembers to use the custom view settings for specific folders, whatever
reading pane setting I pick in the custom view (right/bottom/off) then
becomes the global default for all folders, even those using the normal
"Messages" view.

What Google tells me is that most people are looking for a global reading
pane setting in Outlook 2003... Ironically, I seem to have a global setting
and I want to turn it off! Does anyone have any ideas on how I can achieve
this? Thanks in advance...

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

the positioning is global by folder type - on or off is per folder. You
can't have some mail folders with the pane on the bottom and other mail
folders with it on the right.

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much for your speedy reply Diane... Although it wasn't the
answer I was hoping for, at least now I can give up trying to find a solution
for this problem.

Thanks again.

the positioning is global by folder type - on or off is per folder. You
can't have some mail folders with the pane on the bottom and other mail
folders with it on the right.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Strangely enough my problem seems to be the exact opposite of most of the
reading pane questions I've read here...

I am running Outlook 2003 on Windows XP Media Center Edition.
I'm trying to set up Outlook so that the Reading Pane is arranged on the
right for most mail folders, yet is arranged on the bottom (ie. 'classic'
style) for certain special folders. All Microsoft documentation I can
find
suggests that the reading pane setting is saved on a per-folder basis, so
in
theory this should be easy for me to set up...

This doesn't seem to be the case for me though - whatever setting I choose
(for one folder) from the View > Reading Pane menu is remembered and
applied
across every mail folder I view.

I've even tried experimenting with creating a custom view (View > Arrange
Current View > Customize/Define Views (> Other Settings). Although
Outlook
remembers to use the custom view settings for specific folders, whatever
reading pane setting I pick in the custom view (right/bottom/off) then
becomes the global default for all folders, even those using the normal
"Messages" view.

What Google tells me is that most people are looking for a global reading
pane setting in Outlook 2003... Ironically, I seem to have a global
setting
and I want to turn it off! Does anyone have any ideas on how I can
achieve
this? Thanks in advance...

 

[Guest]

Mr/Ms PantsCorp

Actually, I am EXTREMELY interested in finding out exactly how you
accomplished setting up global views in your version of Outlook! Yes, I'm one
of those 99 000 000 people out there who are having the opposite problem to
you. And this seems to be quite a problem, judging from the number of
postings here!

Please post your secret method!


--
Philip

Thank you very much for your speedy reply Diane... Although it wasn't the
answer I was hoping for, at least now I can give up trying to find a solution
for this problem.

Thanks again.

the positioning is global by folder type - on or off is per folder. You
can't have some mail folders with the pane on the bottom and other mail
folders with it on the right.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Strangely enough my problem seems to be the exact opposite of most of the
reading pane questions I've read here...

I am running Outlook 2003 on Windows XP Media Center Edition.
I'm trying to set up Outlook so that the Reading Pane is arranged on the
right for most mail folders, yet is arranged on the bottom (ie. 'classic'
style) for certain special folders. All Microsoft documentation I can
find
suggests that the reading pane setting is saved on a per-folder basis, so
in
theory this should be easy for me to set up...

This doesn't seem to be the case for me though - whatever setting I choose
(for one folder) from the View > Reading Pane menu is remembered and
applied
across every mail folder I view.

I've even tried experimenting with creating a custom view (View > Arrange

Current View > Customize/Define Views (> Other Settings). Although
Outlook
remembers to use the custom view settings for specific folders, whatever
reading pane setting I pick in the custom view (right/bottom/off) then
becomes the global default for all folders, even those using the normal
"Messages" view.

What Google tells me is that most people are looking for a global reading
pane setting in Outlook 2003... Ironically, I seem to have a global
setting
and I want to turn it off! Does anyone have any ideas on how I can
achieve
this? Thanks in advance...