Why is outlook suddenly opening a pop out window when i click on New Email???

Anonymous
2023-05-22T15:10:34+00:00

I have had outlook 365 for years. Nothing on my end has changed. Suddenly (as of yesterday) every time i click on New Email a pop out window opens up (and the signature within my email is HUGE. About a 48 font yet the font showing is 12) This has never happened before and it is QUITE annoying. I have searched within the OPTIONS of Outlook and I cannot find anything with the option to open a pop out window when composing a new email. So there appears to be nothing for me to check/uncheck in this regard. As far as I know i have had no updates to Outlook that would have made this happen. Has anyone else had this happen and have you figured out how to stop it?????

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-22T22:39:38+00:00

    RESOLVED:

    • Click on the 'View' tab at the top of your screen, then select 'Change View'
    • Next, select from Compact, Single or Preview
    • Single is the one where you still see all of your emails on the left and the preview of your email on the right.
    • Hope this helps :)

    OR

    Change your Reading Pane

    Same as before:

    • Click on the 'View' tab at the top of your screen, but this time select 'Layout'
    • 'Reading Pane'
    • Select which view you prefer, either 'Right' or 'Bottom'

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-16T20:40:39+00:00

    This worked for me!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-08T23:42:52+00:00

    This is what I found worked for me:

    1. Go Outlook.live.com Open the email you need.
    2. Look the browser and to the right there should be a box and two lines underneath.
    3. Click that and then choose Web Settings...
    4. Go to Pop-Up Windows: - The word Block Or Block and Notify may be next to it. Click that and chose Allow.

    I hope this work for whoever needs it. It very infurating when things are made difficult to find and fix on our own computers.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-05T23:56:21+00:00

    There is no choice under "Reading Pane" that says Off.

    I am using the Outlook web.

    Thoughts? Thx.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-05T21:23:28+00:00

    Thank you! This "reading pane" trick fixed the strange behavior that started for me first week of Nov. 2024. Must be a bug.

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