How to: Display Message Properties

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To find out more about a message listed in Messages View, use the Message Properties Dialog Box.

To open a Message Properties dialog box

  1. Select a message from the tree displayed in Messages view.

  2. From the View menu, choose Properties.

    Properties dialog boxes are not modal, so you can click on another item in a view window and the dialog box will show information on the selected item.