
The boxes on a working machine are set to: 'Mark items as read when selecting changes'. Clear all the check boxes in the list, and then select OK When I click on Tools-Options-Other, the reading pane options are greyed out. If the problem is resolved, select Options on the File menu, and then select Add-Ins.

See screen shot below Type Outlook.exe /safe, and then select OK. Shift to the Mail view, click to select the email message that you will preview, and then adjust the zoom lever with moving the zoom slider in the Status bar at the bottom of Outlook.

Follow the prompts in the wizard, and when you're done, restart Outlook Note: The Repair option isn't available if you're using Outlook 2016 to connect to an Exchange account. On the Email tab, choose your account (profile), and then choose Repair. Anything typed in the body of a new message goes invisible after hitting Enter Choose Account Settings > Account Settings. I tried a Quick Repair of Office and an Online Repair. Above is an example image of what the Microsoft Outlook Preview pane looks like when enabled The Reset View button on the View tab is not greyed out, though. Select the Right or Bottom option, depending on where you want the Preview pane displayed. Click the Reading pane or Preview pane option. With this feature turned off, the first time navigating to a folder after launching Outlook you will see 'Select an item to Read' in the navigation paneĬlick the View menu or tab at the top of the program window.


Turning on 'always preview messages' will display the most recent message in the reading pane when navigating to another folder. Is there any way to change the font? In Outlook 2010 and previous, you could set the font for the AutoPreview text but this feature was initially missing in Outlook 2013 when it turned into the Message Preview feature which allowed you to. Hope this helps Marked as answer by GeoffreyBeulque Friday, Aug2:41 P I have the Message Preview enabled in Outlook and I find the small greyed out text a bit hard to read. Home Outlook message preview greyed out Turn Message Preview Off by defaulĪfter enabling this the option Message Preview will be grayed out in your Outlook client.
