Email from Outlook with stationary displays incorrectly in Entourage2008. Help!

[greggwsmith]

When some one sends me a email using Outlook and they have a
stationary selected. It does not display correctly when I receive it
in Entourage. In one particular case the user sent an email with a
stationary that ran down the left side of the page and the text was to
the right of it. In Entourage it was still on the left side but the
text shows up inside the stationary causing it to be difficult if not
impossible to read. I would love for everyone to stop using
stationary but this isn't going to happen. Any ideas how to get
Entourage to display Outlook stationary properly? Argh!

 

[William Smith]

When some one sends me a email using Outlook and they have a
stationary selected. It does not display correctly when I receive it
in Entourage. In one particular case the user sent an email with a
stationary that ran down the left side of the page and the text was to
the right of it. In Entourage it was still on the left side but the
text shows up inside the stationary causing it to be difficult if not
impossible to read. I would love for everyone to stop using
stationary but this isn't going to happen. Any ideas how to get
Entourage to display Outlook stationary properly? Argh!

You can't get Outlook folks to stop using stationery but you can use
Message --> Remove Background Picture to at least get rid of the image.

I'm not normally passive aggressive but this problem is a pet peeve of
mine. If I need to send a response then I make sure to do so in plain
text, which destroys the thoughtful format of the original message.
Optionally, you can insert your own hideous graphic and maybe change the
font color if you're having a bad day. Repeating patterns work nicely.

Hope this helps!

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bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

 

[Kevin Rodgers]

Remove background is not available when I try it. Strangely, if I use OS X' Mail program, the message renders correctly. I sure would like to see this fixed. My workaround is to Command + a the message.

 

[William Smith]

Remove background is not available when I try it. Strangely, if I use
OS X' Mail program, the message renders correctly. I sure would like
to see this fixed. My workaround is to Command + a the message.

Would this happen to be with an IMAP or Exchange account? I'm not sure
about IMAP but Remove Background may not be available for Exchange since
you can't edit Exchange messages.

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bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>