When opening a preview pane the left margin and first 2 characters remain off screen.Dragging the box right does not resolve the issue.

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That has something to do with the page/margin size. I think in the pre-view pane there is a menu to make those changes.

When opening a preview pane the left margin and first 2 characters remain off screen.Dragging the box right does not resolve the issue.Try changing the orientation of your Preview pane? E.g. left of the message list couldn't possibly be "off screen". ; ) ---