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Does anyone know how to disable the reading pane view? I know you can turn it off when the document is open, but I prefer the full page view. Any ideas please chaps?

Guys, have just been told that using the preview pane ( MS outlook ) to catch an overview of E mails could be dodgy in that once any virus e mails are seen in the preview pane that's enough to start them off or execute them, as it were. I'm A little troubled as I though I was being smart...