Disclaimer: This is only for Outlook desktop.
For anyone who receives more than a few emails each day in their Inbox, this quick Outlook tip will help you preview multiple lines of an email without opening it. This is especially helpful if your organization implemented any type of message, usually the first 1-2 lines and possibly color highlighted, to warn you that the incoming email is from an external party and to handle with caution. These types of reminders can be helpful in deterring and preventing phishing attacks.
As a default your preview is normally one line like this.
But you can change it to show as many as 3 text lines. This is extremely handy so you can make quick decisions on what to do with the email without opening it.
To change the default go to the View tab, then Message Preview, then select 1, 2, or 3.
Definitely helps me with messages from external senders with security alerts or to quickly deal with internal emails that I can file or delete, without opening each to read.
