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Editor’s note 1/14/2016:
Post was updated to provide additional information about the Split view.
Post was updated to provide additional information about the Split view.
Boost your productivity with the new Full Screen view feature in Outlook for Mac
We are happy to announce that Outlook for Mac now officially supports Full Screen view for OS X Yosemite and above. Ever since we released Outlook 2016 for Mac, native Full Screen view has been one of the most requested features at the Outlook for Mac UserVoice forum. Over the past few months, we received valuable feedback from usability studies and we’re excited to deliver a Full Screen view experience to help you manage multiple email messages more easily.
Let’s take a look at some of the highlights of this feature.
Immerse yourself in Outlook for Mac when managing your email messages
The inbox is your home for managing email messages and meeting invitations. By switching to Full Screen view, you can focus on incoming email messages in a distraction-free environment.
To switch to Full Screen view, simply click the button at the top left of your Outlook screen or use keyboard shortcut keys Ctrl + + F.
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Easy window management with the Tab bar
When you want to perform a task, such as replying to an email thread or composing a new message, a new window is displayed in focus view, so you can concentrate on the task at hand.
If you need to go back to the inbox when working on the message, simply click outside the focus window to minimize the message and gain access to the inbox. A tab with the subject of the minimized message appears at the bottom of the screen to allow you to access the message quickly. The Tab bar at the bottom allows you to navigate among the minimized messages.
Side-by-side view of two messages in focus view
In Full Screen view, you can also view two messages side-by-side so that you can easily copy and paste content from one message to another. To do so, open one message window in focus view and then bring up any message minimized on the Tab bar. In the current design, we show you at most two message windows in focus view to avoid clutter.
Boost productivity further by running Outlook in Split View
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With native support for Full Screen view, Outlook as a Split View app for OS X El Capitan just works! You no longer need multiple monitors to view different Outlook modules. You can conveniently combine different modules in Split View to fit your workflow. Here is one example running Mail and Calendar modules in Split View:
The minimum display resolution requirement is 1550 pixels and two instances of the Main Window are needed for the Split View. Go to File > New > MainWindow to create a new Main Window instance.
What’s next?
The first version of this Full Screen view feature is available in the January update. We will continue to refine the feature in upcoming releases. Let us know your feedback on the new feature. You can find out more details about Full Screen view in this article. Also, if you have feature requests on Outlook for Mac, don’t hesitate to post them and cast your vote at the UserVoice forum.
—Zan Chu, program manager for the Outlook for Mac team
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The Office for Mac Team is on a roll, ringing in the New Year with new features for the 2016 revision launched in mid-2015. One of the neat new features is Full-Screen View support in Outlook 2016 for Mac. It’s a native feature of OS X, but some programs have taken a bit of time to catch up. Now that it has arrived in Outlook with the new updates, here’s a look at how to use it and what to expect.
Activate Full-Screen View in Outlook 2016 for Mac
First, you need to ensure you have the latest updates for Office 2016 installed. Check out our article for instructions about the new updates and how you can get them. Once you have those updates installed, launch Outlook 2016 for Mac. Then maximize the window to get the full-screen view feature.
Full screen is more than just an immersive experience. When you open a message background distractions are removed placing a clear focus on the content. When you want to exit focus view, just click outside the message window, to return to the main Outlook screen.
You can also multi-task, when in full-screen view. To display more than one message at a time, open a message, then minimize it. Open another message, and then click the message tab for the message you had previously minimized.
Outlook 2016 will automatically split the screen between both messages.
I initially experienced difficulty activating focus view with two messages on the screen. It turns out if your Mac uses a default resolution 1440 x 900, it will instead toggle the messages. If you happen to own a Mac with a Retina display, do the following: Open System Preferences then click Display
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Select the Scaled radio box then click the third option. Do note, this might limit the performance of your Mac. I find it really strange I had to do this to get the feature working in Outlook 2016 for Mac.
OS X El Capitan Split View Support
Outlook 2016 for Mac also takes advantage of the new OS X El Capitan feature, Split View. This one calls for an even higher resolution, minimum 1550 pixels. To activate it, click File > New > Main window. Split View with Outlook 2016, lets you set up an additional main window, which you can use for managing your calendar, tasks or another inbox. I could not get it to work because of the limitation of my resolution.
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Split View with Outlook 2016, lets you set up an additional main window, which you can use for managing your calendar, tasks or another inbox. I could not get it to work because of the limitation of my resolution.
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The Outlook for Mac Team notes these are early days; more work is being done to refine the feature. Hopefully, we will see better support for older Macs with lower resolution. Let us know what you think of the new feature.