Using the Navigation Pane

The Navigation pane is designed to display more of what you need to see in a simple and straightforward layout. When you click an Outlook view bar in the Navigation pane, the entire Outlook window transforms to provide a clear, uncluttered view of your Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks. The Notes, Folder list, and Shortcuts views do not appear by default, but you can access each view by clicking its icon at the bottom of the Navigation pane. You can customize the look of the Navigation pane so it better suits the way you work. For example, you can reorder the view bars and determine whether an Outlook view appears as a view bar or an icon.

Use the Navigation Pane to Move Around

Click an Outlook view bar on the Navigation pane.

TIMESAVER Press Ctrl+1 to open the Mail view. Press Ctrl+4 to open the Tasks view.

Did You Know?

You can use the Go menu to navigate Outlook . The new, top-level Go menu makes it easy to quickly switch between panes in the Navigation pane. Click the Go menu, and then move to any location or display any folder in Outlook.

You can use the Advanced toolbar to navigate in Outlook . Click the Back button on the Advanced toolbar to move back to a previously displayed folder. If you open more than one folder during a session, the Back and Forward buttons enable you to move between the folders quickly.

Change the Look of the Navigation Pane

Click the Configure Buttons button on the Navigation pane.

Point to Navigation Pane Options.

To remove a view from the Navigation pane, clear the check box for the view button.

To change the order in which the buttons appear on the Navigation pane, click the name of the view button in the list, and then click the Move Up or Move Down button.

Click OK.

Did You Know?

You can resize the Outlook view bars . Expand the view bars to show all the Outlook views by dragging the separator bar up. To collapse the bars to show only icons, drag the separator down. Collapsing the view bars to icons will give you more room to view your folders.

You can easily restore the default settings for the Navigation pane . Click the Reset button in the Navigation Pane Options dialog box to restore your Navigation pane to its original appearance and to the settings that this book uses.