Outlook Tip: Using the Reading Pane Outlook’s Reading Pane lets you view the contents of a message without opening it. When the reading pane is displayed, it shows the contents of whatever message is selected in the Inbox (or whatever other mail folder you are working in). This is shown in Figure below.

The Reading Pane can be displayed at the bottom of the screen or along the right edge. To control the display of the reading pane, select View, Reading Pane and then select Right, Bottom, or Off. Normally, viewing a message in the reading pane will not mark it as read—this requires opening the message. However, you can tell Outlook to mark messages as read when they are viewed in the reading pane as follows:
1. Select Options from the Tools menu to open the Options dialog box.
2. Click the Other tab.
3. Click the Reading Pane button to open the Reading Pane dialog box.
4. Put a check in the box next to the “Mark Items as Read When Viewed in Reading Pane” option.
5. Click OK twice to close all dialog boxes.
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