This presentation, delivered to the Tri-State Lotus User Group in October 2010, describes the new features in Lotus Notes 8.5.2, and Lotus iNotes 8.5.2.

In Notes 8.5.2, you can set the following Notes.ini to have the preview pane collapsed by default in mail and calendar: ShowPreviewCollapsedInitially1 Note: This only affects the default behavior. So, if you set this as 1, the preview pane will be collapsed the first time you open Notes. After ...

This video shows how to display an email preview in the Notes sidebar.