The latter is used very little these days due to html email being so common (which defeats the feature). (You might have to minimize the Reading Pane to make this change happen).ĭon’t get Compact Layout confused with Outlook’s message preview or auto preview feature by the way. If you are currently using a moderately-wide computer screen, try dragging your Outlook window wider and narrower right now, to witness this change taking place. Non compact layout shows one line per email message, as I show here: But you can change when and how it shows, which I teach below. And it is turned off automatically when your Outlook window is made wider, such as when on a larger-screen computer. With default Outlook settings, this Compact Layout view is turned on automatically when your Outlook window is relatively narrow, which is good when using a tablet. You’ll know it is active in the Inbox when the Inbox list view shows two lines for each email item, as I show here: Windows Desktop Outlook has an Inbox feature called Compact Layout that can help you better scan your list of Inbox mail.
