# Outlook 2003 vs Outlook 2000

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2003-vs-outlook-2000/298261>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 7, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2003-vs-outlook-2000/298261 "2005-04-07T17:54:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2003-vs-outlook-2000/298261/1 "2005-04-07T17:54:44Z")

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I just recieved a new computer at work (whee!!) and I am now using Outlook 2003 instead of the Outlook 2000 that I had before.

In Outlook 2000, I used to be able to click on the name of the part of Outlook I was in (ie Contacts, Inbox, Calender) and I would get a pulldown menu of all of the Outlook folders that I had, making navigation between the parts of Outlook 2000 very easy and taking up minimal realestate on my desk.

It now seems that I am stuck using the Navigation Pane in Outlook 2003. There is no quick/one-click way to turn it on/off, and it doesn’t show me the entire list of folders. \<control\>Y seems to be the closest I can get.

Has anyone found a way to bring the ease of use of my old Outlook 2000 into Outlook 2003?

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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2003-vs-outlook-2000/298261/2 "2005-04-07T18:01:02Z")

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I’m not sure I understand the problem. The navigation pane is almost identical to the folder list that I used in 2000. The navigation pane also allows you to configure what buttons you have available to switch between calendar, mail, etc.

Can you be a tad more specific?

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**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2003-vs-outlook-2000/298261/3 "2005-04-07T18:07:40Z")

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In the navigtion pane, click “Folder List”, or the little icon that looks like a folder. Or Menu Go -\> Folder List, or control-6.

That’s the old Folder List from O2K.

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**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2003-vs-outlook-2000/298261/4 "2005-04-07T18:09:00Z")

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Sorry, you can also turn off the navigation pane with Alt+F1, and use the control shortcuts, or the Go menu to get around.

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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2003-vs-outlook-2000/298261/5 "2005-04-07T18:13:17Z")

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Oh, I see. Nice.