How to Turn Off the Outlook Reading Pane
Disable Outlook’s Reading Pane The Reading Pane is enabled by default. When you shut down the Reading Pane, it turns off the pane for the currently selected email account. Go toViewand selectReading Pane. If you prefer, selectRightorBottomin this box to reconfigure your Reading Pane. The Reading Pane is now closed, and the message list expands to fill available space. To turn off the Reading Pane in Outlook 2007 and 2003, selectView>Reading Pane>Off....