Format different in inbox and outbox in outlook?

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Format different in inbox and outbox in outlook?

Josh k 1

For some reason, my inbox is much more compressed and stylized in a technical format, rather than the outbox, which has remained the same with the larger sections.

I'm not sure why this is, and trying to use all the options under 'view' have not worked.

I just want to revert the folders that are compressed back to the normal formatting, and for the life of me I can not figure out how.

Please help!

Edit: the top image is my outbox, with the large format, and the bottom is the compressed veiw.

Barry Schwarz 3,746 Reputation points

2021-08-04T15:45:06.953+00:00

When you are looking at the contents of each folder, click on the View menu command and then click on View Settings. At the top of the resulting popup will be the name of the "table" that controls that particular view.

If the names are not the same, you can use Change View to have one of them use the same "table" as the other. Alternately, while the View Settings popup is still visible, you can change the various parameters on one to make the two "tables" more consistent or even identical.

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Barry Schwarz 3,746 Reputation points

2021-08-04T15:45:06.953+00:00

When you are looking at the contents of each folder, click on the View menu command and then click on View Settings. At the top of the resulting popup will be the name of the "table" that controls that particular view.

If the names are not the same, you can use Change View to have one of them use the same "table" as the other. Alternately, while the View Settings popup is still visible, you can change the various parameters on one to make the two "tables" more consistent or even identical.

Answer 1

Jade Liang-MSFT 9,986 Microsoft Employee

Hi anonymous user-8867,

What's the version of your Outlook client(File>Office account>About Outlook)?
And what's the specific view that you are working with your Inbox folder(Change view> Compact, Single, Preview)?

I could reproduce your issue when I swtch to Single view in Outlook 365 like below, if it's your case, please try to change to Compact view or others to check if there are any differences after that.

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Jade Liang-MSFT 9,986 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-08-09T08:50:07.17+00:00

Hi anonymous user-8867,
Have you tried to check your view and switch to other view for testing? If you still need further assistance, please feel free to post back.

Answer 2

Katie W 1

I'm running into the same issue. Each inbox and sub folder is set up different. It also reverts back when I close out. Other than just changing the view for all inboxes (even sent), is there a larger control to have a default option for all inboxes?

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