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There was a time when Outlook didn’t have a reading pane, there were third-party add-ins instead and it usually appeared below the message list. A short history of the Outlook Reading Pane When you select a message in your message list within your inbox, the Reading pane will display the message, and give you an easy way to access the file attachments without having to open the email in another window.