Are you really sure? I've also used Office v.X, and I've always had to
double-click a message to open it. If you are referring to the preview pane,
though, it could be that it got switched off. See if selecting the option
View>Preview Pane>On Right/Below List restores the expected behaviour.
On 05/03/09 14:25, in article 59b6e872.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
> Version: 2008
> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
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> double click to get a message to open. Does anyone know if I can set a
> preference somewhere to allow just the one click?

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