Navigation Pane should allow more customizations

[song_of_solomon]

According to on-line help for Microsoft Outlook 2003: You cannot rearrange
the panes within the Navigation Pane. For example, Favorite Folders is
available only in the Mail pane and cannot be removed, hidden, or resized. It
also cannot be displayed in other panes, such as Folder List.

Users would feel that they have more control over their Outlook environment
if the Favorite Folders selection of the Mail Pane were separated out and had
its own pane (i.e.: Favorite Folders Pane) and they could place the
information stores (personal folders, local folders, mailboxes) of the mail
pane in the order they wish to see them (similar to the way the main levels
of a favorites list can be moved around).

Furthermore, the user should have the ability to control whether or not the
Favorite Folders pane is viewed in the Navigation Pane.

Lastly, the Navigation option dialog box should provide the user with the
ability to set the font size, color, etc. of items displayed within the pane
(pane name, information store name, folder name)

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

According to on-line help for Microsoft Outlook 2003: You cannot
rearrange the panes within the Navigation Pane. For example,
Favorite Folders is available only in the Mail pane and cannot be
removed, hidden, or resized. It also cannot be displayed in other
panes, such as Folder List.

Users would feel that they have more control over their Outlook
environment if the Favorite Folders selection of the Mail Pane were
separated out and had its own pane (i.e.: Favorite Folders Pane) and
they could place the information stores (personal folders, local
folders, mailboxes) of the mail pane in the order they wish to see
them (similar to the way the main levels of a favorites list can be
moved around).

Furthermore, the user should have the ability to control whether or
not the Favorite Folders pane is viewed in the Navigation Pane.

Lastly, the Navigation option dialog box should provide the user with
the ability to set the font size, color, etc. of items displayed
within the pane (pane name, information store name, folder name)

All very nice, but this isn't the place for feature suggestions. Nobody in
these groups can do anything about this - we're all just regular Joes &
Janes volunteering our time to try to help people. Even the MS staff who
wander by from time to time can't help you. Try e-mailing
(e-mail address removed) for feature requests.

Me, I just drag the navigation bars waaaaay down to the bottom til they're
just buttons, and that's all I use them for. I don't like "favorites" in
Outlook and generally just use the full folder list - that way I'm looking
at the *real* stuff and not shortcuts that may change/underlying folder
moved/deleted, etc.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Actually.... there is a suggestion at the communities forum and other
visitors can vote on such suggestions. This post is available at
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...f95b75-acdc-4fe5-a849-9cea9f28b0ec&sloc=en-us

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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