This is probably so simple I’ll cringe to learn the answer, but I’ve tried everything I can think of.
I downloaded OE6 from Microsoft’s critical update site, and when viewing my Inbox, if I double click on a given email, it will not open into a full screen pane, as OE5.5 did. I see a new window that’s around 3" square, but cannot seem to make the new window go full screen without extra mousing around.
Also, if I’ve downloaded everything that I want from the critical update site, is there a way to kill that popup notification that arrives every day to annoy?
danceswithcats, if you click open a message, and then resize it by dragging a corner to make it the size you want it to be, then Outlook 6 “resets” the default. Other messages should open to that new size. You might not be able to make it full screen size, but you can get it close to that.
As Pogo would say, “Well dog my cats!” That was simple enough, and it works, too. You’d think they could mention that somewhere in the help menu-be darned if I could find it there.
Heh, well, about the critical updates…the only way I know how to make it go away entirely is to set it to do manual upgrades. But that makes me cringe when I don my network admin hat. So, before you do that, first check to see how you have the automatic update set. Go to CONTROL PANEL, AUTOMATIC UPDATES. Under OPTIONS, there are three choices:
Automatically download updates and notify me…
2, Notify me before downloading and again when ready to install…
3, Turn off…
You’re likely to currently have the second choice selected. Try the first one and see if you get fewer notifications. I don’t get them too often, and only occasionally have to re-boot the system.
The reason that window resizing behavior isn’t in Outlook’s documentation is that it’s so-called Windows “standard interface behavior”.
Every program on your computer, no matter who makes it, is supposed to remember the window size and placement from the last similar window you opened, and open the next one in the same place and size, but offset down & right (“cascaded”) if there’s already one just like it open.
I say “supposed” because not every program follows the MS guidelines every time. But most times that’s true. And it’s almost certain to be true for any MS software.
Outlook’s documentation also doesn’t say to click on things to open them or explain how to operate a menu. That’s all part of the assumed knowledge of the Windows user.
I’m not trying to be catty, just hoping to expand yuor knowledge a bit. Most interface tricks learned in one program have some applicability to all, but many users never notice the similarities and end up struggling unneccessarily.
