How do I stop Outlook removing extra line breaks from text message

[Brian __ Lowe]

Does anyone else get frustrated when they get an email from someone who has
used their <Enter> key deliberately to format their text, and then Outlook
discards their formatting and runs everything together?

Here's an example list:
Pizza margherita, Supersize, Thin crust, x2
Pink lady apples, Pack of 4
Goat's milk, 1 litre
Coffee, Brazilian blend

This is obviously a list and easy to read as a list but its annoying to have
to re-insert line breaks to transform Pizza margherita, Supersize, Thin
crust, x2 Pink lady apples, Pack of 4 Goat's milk, 1 litre Coffee, Brazilian
blend back into a list.

I can't find a switch to tell Outlook not to be so cavalier with formatted
text emails, and searching MSN and Google and here for terms like "extra line
breaks" provides no clues.

Has anyone solved this problem?

Does anyone else even think it's a problem? Is it just me?

Brian Lowe
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[Brian Tillman]

I can't find a switch to tell Outlook not to be so cavalier with
formatted text emails, and searching MSN and Google and here for
terms like "extra line breaks" provides no clues.

In Outlook 2003, click Tools>Options>E-mail Options and uncheck "Remove
extra line breaks in plain text messages". If you have some other version
of Outlook, you'd be wide to state it when you ask a question.

 

[Brian __ Lowe]

I began to be annoyed by this in outlook 2000 and then used 2003 for some
years continuing to grumble quietly to myself while never having been able to
find the option.

Now in 2007 I have the same problem but now I get more messages from robots
which use line breaks for formatting and my problem just got more and more
annoying.

I can't believe I didn't see that checkbox in the hundreds of times I've
visited that dialog. Outlook 2007 has the same dialog as 2003, so simply
unchecking the box does the trick.

That explains why my searches found no results too - nobody else was stupid
enough to ask the question!

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction (and for not making me feel
any more stupid than I already do).

Brian Lowe
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[Carmen Gabriels]

I have the same problem and are also using Outlook 2007. However I have unticked the checkbox Remove extra line breaks in plain text mesages, but I still experience the problem. Can anybody help me please?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

if you unticked the option to remove line breaks, outlook won't reformat the
messages in your inbox.

If its happening to messages you send, add 3 spaces at the beginning or end
of the line to prevent reformatting.




Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
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"Carmen Gabriels" wrote in message

I have the same problem and are also using Outlook 2007. However I have
unticked the checkbox Remove extra line breaks in plain text mesages, but I
still experience the problem. Can anybody help me please?