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 27-23.

FIGURE 27-23
Using the Reading Pane to view a message.

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, choose view?Reading Pane and then select Right, Bottom, or Off.

Normally, viewing a message in the Reading Pane does 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. Choose Tools?Options 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. Select 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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