Re: formatting toolbar greyed out

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From: Brian Tillman (tillman1952_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:07:50 -0500

eddie a <eddiea@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> it is happening, it seems, on all emails that i reply to (maybe
> everyone who writes me uses plain text?). BUY the good news is that
> changing to html or rich text in the format of the reply works. so
> thanks very much. is there any way to have this be automatically set
> so i don't have to do it each time (other than the first suggestion
> which is supposed to do that?)

Outlook will always reply using the format of the original message. If you
receive a Rich Text or HTML message, a reply to that will be in that same
format. The only exception to this is if you have the "Read all standard
mail in plain text" option selected (Tools>Options>Email Options). 

-- 
Brian Tillman

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