What is the Reading Pane?
buttonup The Reading pane is the area below the messages in your Inbox. If you have the Reading pane on, when you click on an email message, the message displays in a pane below the message header information. By default, viewing messages in the Reading pane is on. How do I shrink and enlarge the Reading pane? buttonup To adjust the size of the Reading pane, click and drag the divider bar up or down.
You can preview items in your Inbox without opening them by using the Reading Pane-just click the message to display the text of the item. In the Reading Pane, you can also open attachments, follow a hyperlink, use voting buttons, view the follow-up information in the Infobar, and respond to meeting requests.
You can preview items in your Inbox without opening them by using the Reading Pane — just click the message to display the text of the item. In the Reading Pane, you can also open attachments, follow a hyperlink, use voting buttons, view the follow-up information in the Infobar, and respond to meeting requests.