Touch Mouse Mode, as it’s known in the Outlook world, allows you to scroll through your Outlook messages with your finger.
Touch Mouse Mode is found on the far right of the Touch Bar, and lets you scroll through your messages in a linear fashion, without having to swipe.
Touch Mouse Mode can be enabled or disabled on the Touch Bar and can also be turned off completely in the touch settings menu.
Touch screen Laptops, desktops, and tablets are introduced, and Office is also required to add additional functionality to operate all office applications with touch mode.
Touch mode is designed for fingers, which are much wider than the average cursor.
What is Touch/Mouse Mode in Outlook?
Touch/Mouse Mode switches the pattern of visibility and increases the spacing between commands in the ribbon, Outlook Touch Mode allows the user to simply operate without a mouse, Touch screen Operating system operates with the finger, the additional spacing helps them out. Mouse Mode lets us use the program with our mouse.
Basically, Touch Mode increases the spacing which helps the user to operate Outlook with the finger easily.
How to Switch between Touch Mode and Mouse Mode in Outlook
Switching Touch Mode to Mouse Mode and vice versa is just a click away:
- Open Microsoft Outlook
- Click on the launcher key on the quick access toolbar, it expands the drop-down list.
- Select Touch/Mouse Mode
- The touch/Mouse Mode icon appears in the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT).
- Click on the Touch/Mouse Mode icon, and choose a mode as required, by default mouse mood is selected.
- Once you click on Touch Mode the complete visibility changes. The image below gives you a comparison.
Touch Mode
Mouse Mode
In addition to the reading pane, a new menu bar, and functionality visibility also changes.
You can also change or reset to mouse mode by reversing the action.
Outlook “Touch mode” adds a useful feature. When Touch mode is turned on, there is a Delete button on the right side of the screen where you can hit it with your thumb, refer to the image above.
Touch mode also allows you to operate just like mouse mode. the desktop version of Outlook on a laptop with a touchscreen.
Difference between Touch and Mouse mode
The functionality and features of both the Touch and Mouse mode are similar, but there are a few minor differences, you can use Touch and Mouse mode both by mouse, but It might often face problems due to the spacing between the two options, that’s why spacing in touch mode helps a lot.
The biggest difference is icon font size, which helps the user to click with the finger without the chance of hitting a neighbor key.
The second major difference is Touch mode includes a new menu bar on the right side of the screen, which includes standard keys, like (Reply, reply all, forward, move, and follow-up) but in addition to touch, the mode adds a Delete option which is not included in Mouse Mode.
Final Words
In conclusion, the touch mouse feature offers the best of both mouse and keyboard. Use the Touch Mouse Mode to: Move the mouse cursor around on the screen just like using a mouse.
Touch Mouse Mode lets you move the cursor, copy, and paste, and navigate menus and dialog boxes using gestures.
Touch Mouse Mode is a feature that lets you right-click with your thumb instead of your mouse. This lets you open links and zooms in on images with just two clicks. Touch Mouse Mode is enabled in Outlook 2016 and Outlook 2019, and it’s disabled by default.