Depending on your personal preferences and the screen resolution you are using, you will want to show or hide the Reading Pane ("Preview Pane") in Windows Live Mail.This post explains how to do that, and how to preview these changes before you apply them.
Follow these steps to configure the visibility and position of the Reading Pane:
* First, open Windows Live Mail if needed.
* Once you are in, click on the "Menu" button, or press Alt+M on your keyboard.
* First, open Windows Live Mail if needed.
* Once you are in, click on the "Menu" button, or press Alt+M on your keyboard.
Click on the menu button in Windows Live Mail
* Then, click on the "Layout" menu item.
* Windows Live Mail will open a dialog that lets you configure several visual settings: click on "Reading Pane (Mail)", and you will see the following options:
Configure the Reading Pane settings and options in Windows Live Mail
* When the "Show the reading pane" checkbox is checked, Windows Live Mail will display a preview of the currently selected email either at the bottom or on the right of the main window. To hide the reading pane, uncheck that checkbox.
* If you want to preview the change immediately, no need to close the options dialog: just click on the "Apply" button (the change will appear in the background window).
* When the "Show the reading pane" checkbox is checked, you will see two other options below (which are hidden when you choose to hide the Reading Pane, since they are not relevant at that point). These settings determine the position of Windows Live Mail's Reading Pane.
* To show the Reading Pane below the listing of email messages for the current folder, choose the "At the bottom of the message list" option. This is the traditional position for email programs, but modern monitors (wide screen displays) offer enough horizontal screen real estate to feasibly allow for the second option, which is to show the Reading Pane "To the right of the message list". The screenshot below shows you the vertical Reading Pane (left) and the horizontal Reading Pane (right).
Horizontal or vertical Reading Pane inside Windows Live Mail
* Click on "OK" to apply the new Reading Pane setting and return to Windows Live Mail.
These steps can be followed in Windows Live mail installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.
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