Did you check to see if you are using a black font under Outlook's
Tools->Options->Mail Format tab->Font? If you are using Word as your
message editor, ensure you did not select a theme with a pale font.
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After furious head scratching, Brian asked:
| Hi Mary
| it was Microsoft office outlook i have the trouble with when i
| reinstalled it, in e-mail page, i could type To, and Subject , then
| when i went to the e-mail page to write a message, when i typed
| nothing on the page, but if i clicked on the fount icon i could write
| the message, but if i pressed right mouse button on the page the box
| showing the what font as picked, but it was a pale yellow colour,
| changed view to normal,web, print, but still did not work after i
| rebooted, so i have given up, i have change my e-mail to outlook
| express and having no trouble, would liked to know what i have done
| wrong, Regards Brian
|
|
| "Mary Sauer" wrote:
|
|| In Outlook, if you want coloured fonts you must either select Rich
|| Text or HTML as your message preference.
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|| Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
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http://msauer.mvps.org/
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|| ||| got font set and font colour in microsoft outlook e-mail,when i try
||| to make e-mail a can type in the e-mail address ,but when i go to
||| the page below and type it is blank, no fonts showing, but if i put
||| the mouse icon on the colour and press ti works ,but next time i
||| start a new e-mail get the same problem
