how to make outlook *completely text-based

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leegold

If I copy from a web page then outlook will paste it in the outlook edit area in the font of of the web page as if outlook were
formating it via the html from the web page.

I want Outlook to be absolutely and completely text based. How?
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Set your message editor to plain text - depending on the version of
Office/Outlook (which you do not mention so it makes it hard to answer) you
may have the option for paste formatting.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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leegold <leegold @ mailandnews.com> asked:

| If I copy from a web page then outlook will paste it in the outlook
| edit area in the font of of the web page as if outlook were formating
| it via the html from the web page.
|
| I want Outlook to be absolutely and completely text based. How?
 
L

leegold

Milly Staples said:
Set your message editor to plain text - depending on the version of
Office/Outlook (which you do not mention so it makes it hard to answer) you
may have the option for paste formatting.

Outlook Express 6
I think I have set it to text - sorry i did not give ver.
Could you tell me how in case I have missed something.?

Thanks

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
leegold <leegold @ mailandnews.com> asked:

| If I copy from a web page then outlook will paste it in the outlook
| edit area in the font of of the web page as if outlook were formating
| it via the html from the web page.
|
| I want Outlook to be absolutely and completely text based. How?
 
L

leegold

Milly Staples said:
Set your message editor to plain text - depending on the version of
Office/Outlook (which you do not mention so it makes it hard to answer) you
may have the option for paste formatting.

In additionm try this, set all the paramters/config you can to text based. Com-
pose/edit an email. Open IE go to google.com . See that little copyright print
at the bottom of the googl;e page? Cut & paste that into your email.

I have it alway as the same small html type formated font - should be if the
outlook is set to text. Right? Now paste it to a good true and pure text editor.
It looses it's formating, then cut from the text editor and paste into outlook -
see?

Outlook formats it - not truely textbased(?)

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.


After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
leegold <leegold @ mailandnews.com> asked:

| If I copy from a web page then outlook will paste it in the outlook
| edit area in the font of of the web page as if outlook were formating
| it via the html from the web page.
|
| I want Outlook to be absolutely and completely text based. How?
 

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