That's normal, expected behavior. You have jump through quite a few hoops if you want to preserve RTF formatting; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formatmsg.htm

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I have an outlook form in which I have a small amount of code behind,
simply to change a hyperlink to encorperate then value entered in a
compulsary custom field. The code is as follows:

Function Item_Send()
Item.Body = Replace(Item.Body, "@@@@@",
Item.UserProperties.Find("jobNumber").Value)
End Function

The function works, however the message (in Rich Text format) loses all
formatting. Is there any way I can keep the forms current layout?

Many Thanks in Advance!

Ben.