With the policy set, the reading pane is turned off and all reading pane options, buttons and commands are disabled. You don't need to disable each control as I mentioned earlier, you can use group policy to disable the reading pane in Outlook 2007 and above. I have located most of the UI control numbers for the Office products but I haven't been able to locate the UI control number for outlook layout menu and the reading pane. The user cannot be able to change the view, etc. I'm looking for a way to completely kill the reading pane and the user's ability to change the setting. Outlook to the newest software that includes support for dark mode on Mac.įor the past, oh, 14 years, the reading pane is as safe as an opened message (if not slightly safer) because active content can't run in the reading pane. Please make the preview pane appear dark in dark mode. Why it should be up to the user: Many people find they can work faster and more efficiently with the reading pane rather than opening messages, and the decision to use it or not should be left to each user. Users of older versions of Outlook will need custom views to remove it and so it can't be turned back on. While I don't agree with the administrators who want to disable the reading pane for their users, it is possible to disable it using group policy in Outlook 2007 and up.
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