RE: formatting toolbar greyed out

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From: eddie a (eddiea_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:19:02 -0800

hi vicky, my current setting in tools, options, mail format is: compose in
"html" .. that is especially why i don't understand why greyed out. any
other options?
thanks eddie

"Vicky" wrote:

>
> Yes, If you have the formatting set to plain text, that would cause it to be
> grayed out.
>
> Also, if this is happening on all e-mails you may want to change your
> formatting under OPTIONS
> From the main Outlook window - TOOLS > OPTIONS > MAIL FORMAT then under
> message format chose the Compose in this message format and click anything
> but "plain tezt"
>
> "eddie a" wrote:
>
> > when i reply to an email, the formatting toolbar (bold, underline, etc) is
> > greyed out. i thought this had to do with the how i view the email (html,
> > plain, rtf), but am having trouble getting this to work. i am using xp pro,
> > outlook 2003. what to change and where to do it?
> >
> > thank you
> >
> > eddie a

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