Can Outlook emulate this Gmail screen?

[cfoley]

Gmail has a great screen for clarifying email. When you open the first email:

1. You see only that email. (i.e. no message list)
2. When you press 'archive' you advance to the next email.

I would love to have something similar in Outlook.

Here are the closest two options that I can see, and neither of them do precisely what I want.

• The reading pane auto-advances after archiving, but it has the distraction of the message list.
• Opening an email via double click gives me a distraction-free window, but archiving returns me to the message list.

It sounds like a small thing but I have such a nicer experience clarifying in Gmail than in Outlook.

 

[Murray]

If I am understanding you correctly then yes, Outlook can do this and I just set it up like this myself very recently.

Here is the setting you need to change.

(I've only tried this in the desktop app, not the web version)

Good luck!

 

[cfoley]

Thanks for that!

It works perfectly on Windows but I can't find the option on Mac or Web.