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Since upgrading to El Capitan, Microsoft Outlook will not remember it's window size after I close and reopen, or quit and restart the program.
This problem did not occur with any previous operating systems.
Please help....
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11)
I've bootcamped both my Macs, and with Office 365 you can install on upto 5 devices for £80/$99 a year, so I've got both Mac and Windows versions. The Outlook 2016 for Mac version has a lot less features than Windows. I note that earlier posts also referred to continuing sizing problems with Outlook 2016 but I've got my fingers crossed....
If you're going to quit the application, it's not necessary to hold CONTROL and hit the red X.
Just quit. When you re-open the application it will remember the previous window size.
If you want to close the window without quitting, just hit the Yellow Minimize button.
Window size is preserved when you re-open it.
I don't know if this is answered of not, but solution is actually very simple on Sierra with lastest Outlook. Just resize the window then quit the app. I mean quit, with ⌘Q. When you open it again, it should remember.
I updated two old Mac Towers from Snow Leopard to Yosemite, then to the current version of El Capitan (10.11.16). Both have Outlook 2011 installed on them, and both have Outlook updated to 14.7.4. One of the computers has the intermittent Outlook window problem, and the other computer never has the problem no matter what happened with Outlook.
I received a suggestion from the Microsoft Support Community, to create a new email user account and see if that fixed the problem.
That seemed to fix it, but after a short time (a few hours) the problem returned.
To be more precise, it is an intermittent problem. Sometimes the window size remains as it should, other times it shrinks down to a much smaller size for no reason.
Anyone else having this issue?
I confirm to have the same problem with El Capitan and Outlook 2016. Outlook seems to lose the window size intermittend.
This is not restricted to Outlook 2016 - I am also seeing this in all Adobe Products - it's affecting the dialogue windows when the Finder is called (i.e.: id I select file open, resize the window - it randomly goes back to a very small window).
I just updated my Office for Mac 2011 to version 14.5.7.
No fix.
The problem persists.
Having the same issue on office 2016 apps, I resize to full screen, once I hit X and reopen the window is resized back to small. Easy to fix it back but still very annoying.
I updated my operating system yesterday to El Capitan ver. 10.11.1.
I read in the update description that fixes had been made for users of Outlook 2016.
The update didn't solve my issue.
Outlook 2011 window size is NOT being remembered after closing and reopening.
Please help. 😠
Have the same issue with Outlook 2016. Also the latest El Capitan and Office updates did not resolve the issues. Very annoying bug. My work-around is to hide the window instead of closing it. Then it seems to remember position and size.
It's good to know we are not alone.
I'm using the same work-around!
Works every time.
Same problem with Apple Calendar window shrinking on restart under OSX10.11
Interesting!
Having that problem too....intermittently.
It isn't just with restoring window after close, this also happens to me on a secondary display when I try to maximize the window using an app like Moom, BetterTouchTool, SnapTool or Customize Layout. it only happens on one display of the three external displays I have plugged into my MBPro 15 retina. But, it automatically resizes to a smaller height. The width seems fine. I've disabled all my login items To test. This also happens if I just try to resize the window by mouse double arrow. So, it is most likely not a 3rd party app that is causing this. Any ideas?
Window Size Problem with El Capitan
