Gmail and Perspective are the two most popular email services preferred by most of us today. The email service has grown significantly over the years and continues to grow. Choosing one of the two courier service providers is a daunting task. Outlook and Gmail have their own advantages and disadvantages.
Microsoft Outlook offers a contact manager and a calendar. In the past few years, most users have been eager to take full advantage of the great features and extensions associated with a Google Account. However, transitioning from Outlook to Gmail is not an easy task for an extended Outlook user.
For example, Gmail has a conversion view that may seem pretty out of the box for Outlook users in the long run. Switching from an Outlook client to Gmail is not as easy as it sounds. It may take some time for Outlook users to get used to the default Gmail interface instead of the usual Outlook appearance where emails are sorted by date and time. To make your transition easier, we've introduced some tips for making your Gmail Standard Inbox look like Microsoft Outlook.
Make Gmail look like Microsoft Outlook
- Disable the Conversation view under the same topic
- Get Outlook as it was using the Preview Pane
- Add a Google Calendar gadget to your inbox
- Return to Gmail by default
1) Disable the Conversation view under the same line of object
Gmail groups all messages and their responses into a conversion under the same subject line as a single inbox entry. Although the conversion view is designed to efficiently handle multiple messages in a single view, this threaded view can be confusing. Although the new version of Outlook also supports this conversion view, most users prefer that the message and its responses have the same object separately. By default, the conversion view is enabled in Gmail. However, you can choose to display the messages separately by disabling the conversion view.
Launch Gmail and click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the inbox.
Go to settings and scroll until you meet the option Conversion view.
Click on the radio button with the option Conversion view disabled.
Click on save apply changes.
2) Get Outlook as Appearance by Activating the Preview Pane
The preview pane of Gmail allows your inbox to reflect the default Outlook reading pane. Enabling Preview mode allows you to quickly preview a Gmail similar to Outlook by simply clicking on an email list. Follow the steps below to enable the preview pane to benefit from an Outlook type interface in Gmail.
Launch Gmail and click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the inbox.
Open settings and navigate to the Advanced tab at the top of the Settings page.
Search Preview pane and, click on the option radio button Activate.
Click on save apply the changes.
Go back to your inbox and click the Toggle button in toggle mode with down arrow.
To select Vertical splitting in the drop-down menu.
Once done, you will be able to preview any email in the inbox similar to Outlook.
3) Add the Google Calendar gadget to your inbox
Outlook offers the calendar display in the e-mail. If you turn on the Google Calendar gadget in your inbox, your Gmail account will appear as Outlook.
Launch Gmail and click the Calendar icon in the right corner of the inbox.
Create calendar events, edit events, and invite others.
Click on save apply the changes.
Once done, you'll see Google Calendar events in the inbox.
In addition, Gmail offers many other options in Outlook. For example, Gmail has an option to create a task list with an option to add, edit, and delete a task similar to Outlook. You can also add a signature to an email so that it looks like Outlook.
Once you're used to Gmail, you can always go back to Gmail's default interface. Follow the steps below to recover the default Gmail look.
4) Return to Gmail by default
Launch Gmail and click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the inbox.
Open settings and navigate to the Labs tab at the top of the Settings page.
In Search for an Advanced tab, look for Preview Pane.
Click on the radio button with the option deactivate
Click on save apply the changes.
I hope that the tips mentioned above have helped you faithfully reproduce Gmail in Microsoft Outlook.