You're reading from Learn Microsoft Office 2021 Your one-stop guide to upskilling with new features of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Teams

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803239736

Length 654 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Excel

Concepts

Document Preparation

Author (1):

Linda Foulkes

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Learning Word 2021

2. Chapter 1: Exploring the New Interface and Managing OneDrive FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Dictation, Co-authoring, and Embedding

4. Chapter 3: Styles, Referencing, and Media

5. Chapter 4: Managing Professional Documents

6. Part 2: Learning PowerPoint 2021

7. Chapter 5: The PowerPoint Interface and Presentation Options

8. Chapter 6: Formatting Slides, Charts, and Graphic Elements

9. Chapter 7: Photo Albums, Sections, and Show Tools

10. Chapter 8: Mastering Best Practices with Presentations

11. Part 3: Learning Excel 2021

12. Chapter 9: New Features, Filters, and Cleaning Data

13. Chapter 10: Exploring New and Useful Workflow Functions

14. Chapter 11: Date-Time Functions and Enhancing PivotTable Dashboards

15. Chapter 12: Useful Statistical and Mathematical Functions

16. Part 4: Outlook 2021 and Useful Communication Tools

17. Chapter 13: Creating and Attaching Item Content

18. Chapter 14: Managing Mail and Contacts

19. Chapter 15: Calendar Objects, Tasks, Notes, and Journal Entries

20. Chapter 16: Creating and Managing Online Meetings

21. Chapter 17: Presenting and Collaborating Online

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Previewing Outlook items

You are able to set the number of lines to view per email message in the Message pane. This allows you to view the contents of an Outlook item without opening the entire item, by presenting the user with a view of the first few lines of a message on the main Outlook screen. Another way to view items is to set the properties of the Reading Pane, which shows the contents of an email without having to change the view with the mouse to open the entire message.

Previewing emails in the Message pane

Click on the View tab, and then locate the Current View | Message Preview icon. Select the drop-down list arrow and choose the desired number of lines to view per email message. You will receive a pop-up notification, asking whether you would like to change the preview setting for all mailboxes or just the current folder. Alternatively, turn off the preview altogether by selecting Off from Message Preview. When Message Preview is set to Off, then the text that is...