Outlook 2003 Views

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Mark Baker

I have questions for Outlook 2003 developers:

1. Why doesn't the Mail View display Public Folders?

2. Why can't I have Folder List displayed all the time like in Outlook
2002?

3. If you're going to force me to use Folder View to see my Public
Folders, why can't I have Favorites at the top of the Folder View like
in Mail View?

4. If I select Folder List and then select a folder, I see the list of
messages in that folder on the right window. If I then select Mail
View | Inbox, I now see the Inbox on the right window. So far, so
good. But now if I click Folder List again, the Inbox still stays in
the right window. Why doesn't it redisplay the list of messages from
the folder that I was previously viewing?

5. Why can't I make Inbox a Button along with Mail, Tasks, Calendar,
etc. like I used to be able to do in Outlook 2002?

6. If I display Folder List, then select Calendar View, I get
calendars for each month on the left pane. However, if I then switch
back to Folder List, the upper portion of the left pane still displays
calendars. No other view does this, why the inconsistency?

Thank you.

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

| I have questions for Outlook 2003 developers:
|
| 1. Why doesn't the Mail View display Public Folders?

Answer - Public Folders are not necessarily Mail Folders, but can be
contacts, calendars, etc. Therefore, they are not a sub-set of Mail
folders.

|
| 2. Why can't I have Folder List displayed all the time like in Outlook
| 2002?

Because the program changed - that particular view was dropped. It happens
all the time.
|
| 3. If you're going to force me to use Folder View to see my Public
| Folders, why can't I have Favorites at the top of the Folder View like
| in Mail View?

Don't know about that one.
|
| 4. If I select Folder List and then select a folder, I see the list of
| messages in that folder on the right window. If I then select Mail
| View | Inbox, I now see the Inbox on the right window. So far, so
| good. But now if I click Folder List again, the Inbox still stays in
| the right window. Why doesn't it redisplay the list of messages from
| the folder that I was previously viewing?

Because you are changing the criteria of what mail folders you want
displayed, not the folder itself. The focus should not change.
|
| 5. Why can't I make Inbox a Button along with Mail, Tasks, Calendar,
| etc. like I used to be able to do in Outlook 2002?

See answer #2.
|
| 6. If I display Folder List, then select Calendar View, I get
| calendars for each month on the left pane. However, if I then switch
| back to Folder List, the upper portion of the left pane still displays
| calendars. No other view does this, why the inconsistency?

See answer #4.
|
| Thank you.
|
| Mark
 
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