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metahome
Oct 29, 2025Copper Contributor
Outlook for mac no longer respects reading pane choice
I normally view my emails on Outlook for Mac with the Reading Pane set to "right". Got an update of Outlook this morning and now Outlook changes the Reading Pane setting back to "Bottom" whenever I q...
- Oct 30, 2025
I have been facing the same issue, but you can try downgrading to solve the issue.
(Version 16.102.1 (25101829))
The old version can be downloaded from the website below.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac
Anonymous
Oct 30, 2025The same issue surfaced yesterday as well. Using 16.104. We have to manually set the view pane to right every time the program opens - no fixes.
The search box for emails and the toggle for legacy / new outlook also disappeared from the blue ribbon in the top right corner. Searching for emails is impossible now.