Outlook 2010 - email message offset from Outlook window

[John Gray]

I normally have Outlook 2010 set up so that it avoids covering the two columns of icons to the far left and the far right of my wide-screen monitor, and locate the current email message to completely cover this window.

However, when I click on another email message, it opens 'offset', down and to the right by about half a centimetre.
(Subsequently-opened messages seem to be in the hoped-for location, unusually...)

Does any Hans know how consistently to achieve the effect I require, please? Thanks!

[HansV]

When I open several e-mail windows, each new one is offset down and to the right of the previous one. As far as I know, there is no way to change this behaviour.

[DaveA]

So what you do is make the first email pane smaller, so that you can add several more, without covering the area you do not want covered.

[John Gray]

I just wanted the message window to completely and exactly overlay the Outlook window (rather like a Full Screen view, but missing the first two and last two columns of icons). I admit that this is not likely to be a mass requirement!

[Goshute]

John, does switching between "standard view" and "reading view" help with the behavior? See http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlo ... 29838.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[John Gray]

Sadly, no - the email window still opens offset by several mm right and down.