Outlook issue with Reading Pane and Compact Layout view - The Office Expert

Ever struggled with Microsoft Oultook's Compact View or Single-Line Layout of Mail items? Then this video is for you. This How-To video resolves the issue of Outlook automatically reverting to the obscure and bulky "Compact Layout" view when you increase the size of your Reading Pane situated at right. This results in loss of Column headers and an unhelpful stacked, space-wasting list of mail items. This becomes cumbersome when wanting to easily sort by particular columns and at the same time display a large amount of mail items on the screen simultaneously. In this video i've used '100' as the increment to reorganise my List of Mail Items but you can reduce it to as low as you want if you have a small screen. Try '25' if your screen is smaller than 27" wide.

[TheGtchan]

Great tip. Thanks for making the video. Couldn't find the fix in Microsoft sites.

[erikheidt]

You are a ROCK STAR - Thanks. Trying to adjust views without knowing this was an epic frustration.

[hazeltrethowen]

Thank you!! I've been trying for 2 days, with the help of multiple people in my office, to get my preview pane back to how it was before an update. It was driving me nuts!

[youwebline]

Well done. I cant describe this situation accurately in google search and therefore no relevant tips. Your video is exactly what I was looking for. Good job and my thumbs up for you.

[Hosamo]

200 like from me, solved major issue thanks

[toolsandgadgetsreviews]

Thank you, going crazy trying to fix this! Works for Office 365.

[coolcheetful]

Perfect
Was searching this for a very very long

[johnreddy]

So simple when you know what you are doing! Thank you very much for this very simple fix.

[rickfinley]

This worked - thank you. The fix I had found prior to this was a wildly elaborate fix that involved creating a new profile outside of Outlook, adding new settings, etc. Yours fixed it with a few quick clicks. Thank you!!

[emmasmith]

You're LIFE SAVER! Have spent hours trying to fix it until I saw your video. You deserve a gold medal for this! 🤗

[theblackalejandro]

I have been looking for an answer to this problem for a week and finally....the answer!!!! Thanks!!!

[stevemilk]

This was making me crazy for a month plus!! Thank you for the fix!!

[vanderveckensmith]

I have struggled this issue for ages. This was perfect, thank you!

[OddJobOriginal]

Thank you SO much!! I was so frustrated with this change and couldn't figure it out. You're a life saver!

[selvamaheshwarikuthalingam]

Really a great tip. Was trying solution to get enough space for reading without losing column headings. This helped me .. thanks a lot!!!!1

[vipulagrawal]

Thank you so much, you're savior ... have been struggling for long ...

[greenfingers]

Thank you, just what I was looking for.

[stephenharris]

Worth noting that i couldn't find this option in the new outlook version, but you can go to View settings > Layout and select "Switch between one and multiple rows based on screen size, under the Message height option.

[iagh]

Do you know how to accomplish this is outlook 16 for mac?

[anisshrivastva]

This need to be call expertise.. Thank You