Outlook 2003 Navigation Pane - can you customize it ?

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Just installed Office 2003, Outlook is pretty good, but one thing - how
do you configure the Mail Pane to only show favourites or only show all
mail folders. It defaults to showing both and this is already causing
some people in our company confusion. Personally I think it's not very
tidy and there should be an option to hide one or the other, but I
can't see this option anywhere.
Anyone help?
 
You can't remove Favorite Folders.

Clicking the Folder List icon on the NAvigation Pane will display the entire
folder list (without the Favorite Folders pane). You can also click Alt+F1
to hide the Navigation Pane entirely.

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Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
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Author, Special Edition Using Microsoft Outlook 2003

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What's the reasoning behind this? It just looks messy and is confusing
to have all your folders and your favourite folders always on display.
Everything else about Outlook 2003 seems so slick.
You can remove all favourites but it still takes up space. You can use
the Folder List view but most people (in my company anyway) will click
the Mail folder to see their mail.
And all you want anyway is to see your favourite folders and nothing
else.
Is it something that will be considered in an upgrade?
Is there a registry tweak for it perhaps?
 
The theory I believe was that some people have so many mail folders (but
only a few they use on a regular basis) and this was a way to get a nested
folder to appear easily and quickly.

There is no registry hack. As for upgrades, send an email to
(e-mail address removed) with Outlook 2003 as the subject and provide a detailed
explanation of what you want and why. No gurarntees of course, but they will
see the suggestion and reasoning behind it.

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Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
www.cardozasolutions.com

Author, Special Edition Using Microsoft Outlook 2003

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It's fine for it to appear if you want it, but how hard can it be to
allow it to be hidden?
I've emailed them.
 
One thing then, if you "minimise" the all folders it looks much neater.
If you have Outlook set to open to the Today screen the all folders
stay minimised each time you open outlook, if you have Outlook set to
open to Inbox however the all folders is expanded each time you open
Outlook!
Is this a bug?
 
It's purpose is to make it easier to find your most frequently used folders,
especially since there isn't an Outlook Bar any longer. If you have 3
mailboxes and a lot of nested folders, Favorite Folders is wonderful.
Exchange Server users can add public folder favorites to it as well and the
folders are just one click away, no need to hunt for them.

Maybe if you gave your employees more than a day or two to try them, you
might find they love them and aren't confused... I do recommend no more than
about 10 favorites... otherwise it's too much scrolling.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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And what about the minimising all folders - expands them when you open
outlook if your default is to open in Inbox, but keeps them minimised
if your default is to open in Outlook Today.
?
 
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