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Hi all -- Just thought I'd pass on a tip I found after searching in vain in
many forums for a solution. If I am re-stating something obvious and
redundant, I beg the forum manager to delete me!
If you are missing your format toolbar in a new email (Outlook 2000 -- don't
know about other versions) and must turn it on with every new email, here's
the method I found to turn it back on by default.
1. Open OL 2K, create a new email and select View/Toolbars/Formatting from
the new email top bar. Enter nothing in the email, and leave the new email
open.
2. Shut down Outlook by going to File/Exit -- IMPORTANT -- rather than
clicking the close button.
3. Reopen Outlook and create a new email -- voila! Formatting Toolbar once
again appears by default.
I discovered this by stupidly turning my Formatting Toolbar off (to save
screen space), closing with the red-x and then found that I had to turn the
formatting on every time I created a new email.
I admit, Russ Valentine (sigh -- what a he-man!) instructed me in the
magical use of the "exit" technique and its many advantages long ago, but I
am still a lazy cuss who was originally trained on a Mac back in the 80s.
I've learned my lesson and hopes this helps someone.
As I said, if this tip is obvious or somewhere else, just delete me.
Carol
many forums for a solution. If I am re-stating something obvious and
redundant, I beg the forum manager to delete me!
If you are missing your format toolbar in a new email (Outlook 2000 -- don't
know about other versions) and must turn it on with every new email, here's
the method I found to turn it back on by default.
1. Open OL 2K, create a new email and select View/Toolbars/Formatting from
the new email top bar. Enter nothing in the email, and leave the new email
open.
2. Shut down Outlook by going to File/Exit -- IMPORTANT -- rather than
clicking the close button.
3. Reopen Outlook and create a new email -- voila! Formatting Toolbar once
again appears by default.
I discovered this by stupidly turning my Formatting Toolbar off (to save
screen space), closing with the red-x and then found that I had to turn the
formatting on every time I created a new email.
I admit, Russ Valentine (sigh -- what a he-man!) instructed me in the
magical use of the "exit" technique and its many advantages long ago, but I
am still a lazy cuss who was originally trained on a Mac back in the 80s.
I've learned my lesson and hopes this helps someone.
As I said, if this tip is obvious or somewhere else, just delete me.
Carol