How Do I Change Outlook Back To Classic View?

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The interface of Microsoft Outlook 2013 has inverse drastically from previous versions of the email client. Though there is no easy way to switch back to the classic Outlook layout and views, you can configure some of the new features to resemble the features in previous versions. For case, you can remove the first line of each message that now displays by default, leaving only discipline lines in your message listing. You can alter the bluish text in the subject lines back to black, and you can resize the subject line text closer to the size of other fonts in the message list.

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Remove First Line of Message
Open Outlook
Click the drop-down pointer next
Click
Change Subject Text Colour
Click the View " tab
Click the Conditional Formatting push
Click the Unread Messages
Click the Color " drop-down box
Reduce Subject Text Size
Click the View tab
Click the Conditional Formatting button-ii
Click the Add button
Type
Click the Smaller option in the Font dialog box
Check the cheque box
Click once over again to close the Conditional Formatting dialog box

one Remove Start Line of Bulletin

2 Open Outlook

Open up Outlook, then click the "View" tab.

iii Click the drib-down arrow next

Click the drop-down arrow next to the "Message Preview" button in the navigation ribbon.

4 Click

Click "Off" in the Bulletin Preview carte to disable the display of the showtime line in the message. You can also click "2 Lines" to display two lines of bulletin text, or click "3 Lines" to display three lines, should yous wish to see more message content.

5 Change Subject Text Colour

6 Click the View " tab

Click the "View" tab, then click "View Settings."

7 Click the Conditional Formatting button

Click the "Conditional Formatting" button to open the Provisional Formatting dialog box.

8 Click the Unread Letters

Click the "Unread Messages" check box, then click the "Font" button.

nine Click the Color " drop-downwards box

Click the "Color" drop-down box, then click the desired color. Click "Black" to revert to the await of earlier versions of Outlook.

ten Reduce Subject Text Size

11 Click the View tab

Click the "View" tab, so click "View Settings."

12 Click the Conditional Formatting button-2

Click the "Provisional Formatting" button to open the Conditional Formatting dialog box.

13 Click the Add button

Click the "Add" button to open the New Rule dialog box.

14 Blazon

Type a name for the new rule in the Name field, then click the "Font" push.

15 Click the Smaller option in the Font dialog box

Click the "Smaller" option in the Font dialog box. Leave the Condition field empty.

16 Check the check box

Cheque the check box in forepart of the name of the rule y'all simply created, and then click "OK." A warning bulletin will be displayed, indicating that you take non assigned a status. Click "Yes" to keep.

17 Click once more to close the Conditional Formatting dialog box

Click "OK" once again to close the Provisional Formatting dialog box. The subject line text is at present a like size to the residuum of the text in the message listing.

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