Hello,  I am trying for a long while to figure how to reduce the email header in outlook 2013

I am using a bottom view and already eliminated people's pictures as well as using compact view but that header is huge.  It is blocking the screen and I often have to scroll down just to see the text in the body of the email - both for incoming as well as in replying. 

There is also another bar on the bottom which I really like to remove but that's the lesser priority.

I have read somewhere that developers are using right pane and large screen so I am really hoping to find a solution to my problem as I have worked with bottom pane for years.

I am fairly new to 365 and outlook 2013.  Frankly I love office 2003.  It was simple and effective.  So social media and unneeded buttons inserted everywhere.. I was "forced" to change that to a monthly membership fee of 365 because office 2003 is not happy to cooperate with windows 8..

so now not only I am paying so much more - I feel that I am getting so much less. 

Screen size in outlook 2013 is just one of the many issues I find with 365.  but that's for a different discussion

thank you.  Your help is much appreciated

Hi,

I tried hiding people's pictures and using compact view of the message header as you did, see:

We can reduce the size of message list pane to get more space on the reading pane. Just drag up from the red circled area.

Best Regards,

Steve Fan
TechNet Community Support