Have you ever been replying to an email in Microsoft Outlook when all of the sudden you cannot for the life of you figure out what happened to your handy-dandy options ribbon and why the reply window keeps defaulting to the "File" tab?
Well a co-worker came to me with this very same issue a few days ago and so I thought I would share the solution with you too.
Basically when my co-worker clicked on reply to the message in the main window Outlook opened a new window to compose the reply email but the ribbon with all the other options were missing and an extra click on the "Message" tab was needed in order to send the reply message. Unfortunately my co-worker could not remember changing anything in order to arrive at this current state.
Upon some investigation you will find a small downward facing arrow on the right hand side of the menu bar in the compose window. This is highlighted in the picture below. This seemingly insignificant little arrow minimizes and maximizes the ribbon that holds all the cool options that you are used to seeing.
In order to get your ribbon back and stop defaulting to the "File" tab, you must left click on this downward facing arrow and the ribbon will drop down. Upon left clicking the downward facing arrow will change to an upward facing arrow. Apparently the "Message" tab is set to default when the ribbon is maximized. Note: The ribbon will be minimized or maximized on the next e-mail you reply to according to the orientation that it is left in the previous e-mail reply. In other words, if the ribbon is maximized when you click send then it will remain defaulted to the maximized (visible) ribbon on the next reply window as well. It will only change if the little arrow on the right is clicked.
Well, I hope this little tip helps restore you sanity. It can be quite frustrating when these sort of things happen when it seems that you have done nothing out of the ordinary to make them end up that way. Happy E-mailing! Have a nice day!
Well a co-worker came to me with this very same issue a few days ago and so I thought I would share the solution with you too.
Basically when my co-worker clicked on reply to the message in the main window Outlook opened a new window to compose the reply email but the ribbon with all the other options were missing and an extra click on the "Message" tab was needed in order to send the reply message. Unfortunately my co-worker could not remember changing anything in order to arrive at this current state.
Upon some investigation you will find a small downward facing arrow on the right hand side of the menu bar in the compose window. This is highlighted in the picture below. This seemingly insignificant little arrow minimizes and maximizes the ribbon that holds all the cool options that you are used to seeing.
In order to get your ribbon back and stop defaulting to the "File" tab, you must left click on this downward facing arrow and the ribbon will drop down. Upon left clicking the downward facing arrow will change to an upward facing arrow. Apparently the "Message" tab is set to default when the ribbon is maximized. Note: The ribbon will be minimized or maximized on the next e-mail you reply to according to the orientation that it is left in the previous e-mail reply. In other words, if the ribbon is maximized when you click send then it will remain defaulted to the maximized (visible) ribbon on the next reply window as well. It will only change if the little arrow on the right is clicked.
Well, I hope this little tip helps restore you sanity. It can be quite frustrating when these sort of things happen when it seems that you have done nothing out of the ordinary to make them end up that way. Happy E-mailing! Have a nice day!
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