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.
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[@TheGtchan1]

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

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Great that it helped :-)

[@hazeltrethowen5374]

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!

[@erikheidt4949]

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

[@johnreddy1001]

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

[@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.

[@rickfinley77]

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!!

[@emmasmith9815]

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

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Great to hear!

[@theblackalejandro8320]

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

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Glad to help!

[@coolcheetful]

Perfect Was searching this for a very very long

[@stevemilk5523]

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

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Glad it helped

[@vanderveckensmith]

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

[@sebastianchomiakow6091]

me 2 thanks very much!!!

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Glad it helped!

[@selvamaheshwarikuthalingam9074]

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

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Glad it helped. Please feel free to subscribe :-)

[@Hi2LoobyLoo]

Saved my sanity, 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!

[@toolsandgadgetsreviews762]

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

[@Hosamo7]

200 like from me, solved major issue thanks

[@vipulagrawal4136]

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

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Most welcome

[@andymacksoundvision]

Excellent tip.

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Glad it helped :-)

[@greenfingers359]

Thank you, just what I was looking for.

[@user-uo5ck8mn3x]

I SOOOOOOO NEEDED THIS, THANK YOU

[@PradnyaDnyanYog]

thanks for help i love this channel

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Thank you ;-)

[@biffhaus]

All the thumbs up. So helpful.

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Glad it was helpful! :-)

[@itaycobo]

Very Helpfull. Thanks!

[@TheOfficeExpert]

You're welcome!

[@stephenharris599]

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.

[@abdulqadirbobadia6312]

Excellent Tip

[@mohdaasim5593]

Thank you for making this video.. It was very helpfull

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mayrannc6226]

Thanks for this, really helpful!

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Glad it was helpful!

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[@mickiegardiner882]

THANK YOU!!

[@LoLo-bg8xq]

Thanks alot that was very helpful🙏🏻

[@jessemulligan]

Thanks, much appreciated!

[@TheOfficeExpert]

You're welcome!

[@Z4m0ht]

bullseye! thank you!

[@marvs10000]

saved my life

[@TheOfficeExpert]

awesome!

[@manisingh164]

Life Saver!!

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Glad it helped you.

[@caseh5111]

You rock

[@iagh3204]

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

[@TheOfficeExpert]

Sorry, I only support PCs not MACs... but after a short search I saw there are a lot of unhappy MAC users as this feature is not available in Apple devices (still unresolved it seems: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_outlook-mso_mac/how-can-i-remove-the-compact-view-in-outlook-for/858dfb71-d27f-460f-9755-6aa038233edc?msgId=97a82e4b-9160-4c6d-a6f7-c921eca05f46&page=2)

[@Person55555]

Thanks. I am trying to condense the "title area" above the reading pane. Any ideas, anyone?

[@TheOfficeExpert]

I don't believe that area can be reduced but if you're talking about the Message Header area depending on which device you're working from, you can click onto the ^ icon and collapse some of the Message Header area like subject line etc...

[@rimazfarouk4377]

Great it worked

[@chrischar8674]

☹ it didnt work

[@TheOfficeExpert]

you might have to set yours to 50 instead of 100 depending on the screen size and device you're using (re: the 0:40sec mark in the video)

[@nimishak4119]

Thank you so much!

[@TheOfficeExpert]

You're welcome!