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Subject:FW: Outlook problem solved! From:"Branchaud, Paul" <pbranchaud -at- UTSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:52:13 -0400
>Thanks to all who have responded thus far. Happily I found the answer and am
>blissfully set! :)
>
>I probably didn't explain what I wanted all that well, since most everybody
>was suggesting that I toy around with the View menu. The View menu (in terms
>of its display options) is more of a sorting utility. What I wanted to do was
>to have an additional pane appear below my list of Inbox messages. Other
>people suggested that I use the AutoPreview feature. AutoPreview was already
>on, and my gripe with it is that you don't get a chance to view more than 3
>lines of the message. I decided to bow to the almighty Microsoft, and I
>visited their web site, in hopes that I might find an answer.
>
>Lo and behold, Outlook has a list of free downloads that expand its
>capabilities, and the three pane configuration was one of them (strange how
>nobody at work remembered ttait was an add-on...). I will make a quick quote
>from the page:
>
>"Now, with this 3-Pane Etension, you also have the option of displaying an
>entire message at the bottom of the view without opening the message."
>
>This is what I wanted, because it allows me to read a message without
>invoking the full viewer, and allows me to delete the message and move on to
>the next one. Delete,in the full message viewing window, removes the
>character to the right of the caret, which is counter productive (IMHO).
>
>Anyhoo, you can get the Outlook extension by pointing your web browser to:
>http://microsoft.com/officefreestuff/outlook/dlpages/ol3pane.htm
>
>Try it, I'm certain you will find this very useful.
>
>Have a good weekend, all.
>
>PS: Good to hear from you, 16!
>
>Paul
>----------------
>Paul Branchaud Technical Writer, UtiliSoft Inc.
>pbranchaud -at- utsoft -dot- com 555, Dr.-Frederik-Philips, suite 210
>747-1400 (ext. 211) Saint-Laurent, Qc. Canada H4M 2X4
>
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