How to enable mail trail lines in Outlook 2013 conversation view

I was wondering if this feature still exists in Outlook 2013.

In Outlook 2010, when using conversation view, you can see the trail lines showing the "conversation tree". Please see the first image at the following link (can't post direct link or image as my account, though should be, is not verified): office.microsoft{dot}com/en-gb/outlook-help/view-email-messages-by-conversation-HA010362041.aspx

The closest feature in Outlook 2013 is Use classic indented view in Conversation Settings but it only indents the messages.

  • Edited by LD PVL Saturday, April 27, 2013 1:27 PM
April 27th, 2013 1:26pm

The lines were removed from outlook 2013 to "clean up" the interface.
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April 28th, 2013 2:48am

Thanks for your reply.

Sad to hear. Please bring them back. The lines actually look nice visually and make the mail trails look more in order and less messy.

Cheers

  • Edited by LD PVL Sunday, April 28, 2013 2:57 AM
April 28th, 2013 2:57am

Hi.

Why are the line there, if I use webmail?

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June 20th, 2013 5:02pm

Web mail comes from the Exchange product team - be happy they didn't remove the lines there too. :)
June 21st, 2013 6:30am

Are there plans to bring the lines back in the future? Its one of the main things that makes the conversations view functional.
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December 18th, 2014 8:27pm

To the best of my knowledge, no, they are not planning on restoring the lines. Sorry.
December 18th, 2014 8:46pm

So, what exactly is the benefit of Outlook 2013?  As far as I can tell all they've done is let me see less mail (because the fonts are gigantic now), ruin the interface (with all the color and icons gone it's harder to find things), ruin the text rendering (some parts use ClearType and some ignore it), and remove features (search from start menu, conversation threads line, etc).

I get it, now it looks like a phone, because obviously smartphone email is what we should aspire to.  A+ work.


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April 10th, 2015 3:15pm

So, what exactly is the benefit of Outlook 2013?  As far as I can tell all they've done is let me see less mail (because the fonts are gigantic now), ruin the interface (with all the color and icons gone it's harder to find things), ruin the text rendering (some parts use ClearType and some ignore it), and remove features (search from start menu, conversation threads line, etc).

I get it, now it looks like a phone, because obviously smartphone email is what we should aspire to.  A+ work.


April 10th, 2015 7:13pm

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