Using the Navigation Pane The Navigation Pane combines the Outlook Bar and Folder view from previous versions of Outlook into one column. It provides the following layouts: | Team LiB Using the Navigation Pane The Navigation Pane combines the Outlook Bar and Folder view from previous versions of Outlook into one column. It provides the following layouts A tree view of all mail folders with Favorite Folders shortcuts. Folder-only views for the Contacts Notes Tasks and Journal folders. Folders are listed by name subfolders are not indented or otherwise identified as subfolders. Folder view for Calendar folders only. Calendar thumbnails are included in the Navigation bar. Select check boxes to display multiple calendars side-by-side. Folder list view includes all folders. If you use Exchange Server this is where you ll find your public folders. Shortcuts that provide the functionality of the Outlook Bar found in older versions of Outlook. Buttons at the bottom of the Navigation Pane provide easy access to your Outlook folders. You ll probably want to slide the buttons down to provide more space for your folder lists. You can also select which buttons to show. Enabling the Current View selection list displays a list of the views available for your folder following the folder list in the Navigation Pane. Customizing the Navigation Pane By default the Navigation Pane uses large buttons for Mail Calendar Contacts and Tasks with smaller icons along the bottom row for Notes Folder List and Shortcuts see Figure . Figure . Select buttons on the Navigation Pane to move between Outlook folder types. When you use a high screen resolution Outlook enables you to have larger buttons. You have fewer buttons when you use a low resolution such as 800x600. Click the arrows at the bottom right to select which buttons are visible. By default the Journal button is not shown I added it for the screenshot. You can also reduce the buttons to one row 1. Hover the mouse cursor over the bar resizing handle at the top of the Mail button. 2. Click and drag down or up to show or hide the full-sized buttons. You can also control which shortcuts Outlook shows on