Can Outlook 2003 be used with the old 2002 interface?

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Garner albright

I really don't like the new interface for Outlook 2003. I
guess if I used it enough I'd learn to like it, but I have
about 100 users that I'd have to show how to use it. If I
could use a "classic Outlook interface" like the way
Windows XP Professional allows a "classic Windows Start
Menu", that would be great. You know the old saying about
teaching an old dog new tricks. Some people have a real
hard time learning new interfaces. We've been using the
same type of Outlook setup since Outlook 97 with some
small changes. These new changes for Outlook 2003 are
major and will cause a lot of headaches. (Mostly mine!)
If anyone knows weather there is a way to make the user
interface look like older versions of Outlook please let
me know.

Thank you.

Garner Albright
 
You will never be able to use the old Outlook bar (the one with the icons)
but you can approximate the old look using the reading pane on the bottom.
The navigation pane takes the place of the folder list.

Give it a try. You never know if your users will surprise you. I personally
find the new layout a lot more intuitive and I can read entire messages in
the reading pane without having to scroll - a BIG improvement there.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the
Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted w/out
reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Garner albright <[email protected]> asked:

| I really don't like the new interface for Outlook 2003. I
| guess if I used it enough I'd learn to like it, but I have
| about 100 users that I'd have to show how to use it. If I
| could use a "classic Outlook interface" like the way
| Windows XP Professional allows a "classic Windows Start
| Menu", that would be great. You know the old saying about
| teaching an old dog new tricks. Some people have a real
| hard time learning new interfaces. We've been using the
| same type of Outlook setup since Outlook 97 with some
| small changes. These new changes for Outlook 2003 are
| major and will cause a lot of headaches. (Mostly mine!)
| If anyone knows weather there is a way to make the user
| interface look like older versions of Outlook please let
| me know.
|
| Thank you.
|
| Garner Albright
 
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