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Email response formatting
This is not a new behavior with OE 6, just a question I've been meaning to
ask forever. When I respond to most email messages, OE puts a long vertical line next to the original quoted text. If I want to intersperse my response with the original text, the vertical line doesn't break when I hit the return key. So, unless I format my text differently, it just blends in with the original. If I change my replay's format to plain text, the vertical line vanishes, but it's not replace by anything, so that doesn't help. Is there a way to force OE to use the arrow sign in quoted text, instead of that damned line? Or, is there a way to break the line when hitting the return key? Maybe a key combo I'm not aware of? |
Email response formatting
OE uses the carats, () for Plain Text, and the Quote Line for HTML. Both
can be disabled via Tools | Options | Send | Plain Text & HTML Settings. If you want to keep the Quote Line, after you click Reply, put the cursor where you want to intersperse text and use the Decrease Indentation on the format bar to break the line. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... This is not a new behavior with OE 6, just a question I've been meaning to ask forever. When I respond to most email messages, OE puts a long vertical line next to the original quoted text. If I want to intersperse my response with the original text, the vertical line doesn't break when I hit the return key. So, unless I format my text differently, it just blends in with the original. If I change my replay's format to plain text, the vertical line vanishes, but it's not replace by anything, so that doesn't help. Is there a way to force OE to use the arrow sign in quoted text, instead of that damned line? Or, is there a way to break the line when hitting the return key? Maybe a key combo I'm not aware of? |
Email response formatting
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
... This is not a new behavior with OE 6, just a question I've been meaning to ask forever. When I respond to most email messages, OE puts a long vertical line next to the original quoted text. If I want to intersperse my response with the original text, the vertical line doesn't break when I hit the return key. So, unless I format my text differently, it just blends in with the original. If I change my replay's format to plain text, the vertical line vanishes, but it's not replace by anything, so that doesn't help. Is there a way to force OE to use the arrow sign in quoted text, instead of that damned line? Or, is there a way to break the line when hitting the return key? Maybe a key combo I'm not aware of? Tools | Options | Send Set you email and news to use Plain Text. Uncheck the option to Reply to messages in the format in which they were sent. However, messages that were sent in HTML still may not get the quote character () because OE uses MIME/Quoted Printable to send HTML messages but doesn't know how to handle MIME/Quoted Printable once it's in Plain Text mode. This has been a problem since OE4, but none of the OE teams since then has figured out how to fix it. I'm not sure they really even tried. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not reply with email |
Email response formatting
Bruce:
Your CD drawer doubles as a beer tap. Place large glass on the drawer and hit CTRL-LeftShift-ALT-Spacebar-~^~^-B to dispense beer. Use lower case "b" for light beer. Put it on my tab. Thanks for the response. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... OE uses the carats, () for Plain Text, and the Quote Line for HTML. Both can be disabled via Tools | Options | Send | Plain Text & HTML Settings. If you want to keep the Quote Line, after you click Reply, put the cursor where you want to intersperse text and use the Decrease Indentation on the format bar to break the line. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... This is not a new behavior with OE 6, just a question I've been meaning to ask forever. When I respond to most email messages, OE puts a long vertical line next to the original quoted text. If I want to intersperse my response with the original text, the vertical line doesn't break when I hit the return key. So, unless I format my text differently, it just blends in with the original. If I change my replay's format to plain text, the vertical line vanishes, but it's not replace by anything, so that doesn't help. Is there a way to force OE to use the arrow sign in quoted text, instead of that damned line? Or, is there a way to break the line when hitting the return key? Maybe a key combo I'm not aware of? |
Email response formatting
You're welcome. burp
-- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Bruce: Your CD drawer doubles as a beer tap. Place large glass on the drawer and hit CTRL-LeftShift-ALT-Spacebar-~^~^-B to dispense beer. Use lower case "b" for light beer. Put it on my tab. Thanks for the response. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... OE uses the carats, () for Plain Text, and the Quote Line for HTML. Both can be disabled via Tools | Options | Send | Plain Text & HTML Settings. If you want to keep the Quote Line, after you click Reply, put the cursor where you want to intersperse text and use the Decrease Indentation on the format bar to break the line. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... This is not a new behavior with OE 6, just a question I've been meaning to ask forever. When I respond to most email messages, OE puts a long vertical line next to the original quoted text. If I want to intersperse my response with the original text, the vertical line doesn't break when I hit the return key. So, unless I format my text differently, it just blends in with the original. If I change my replay's format to plain text, the vertical line vanishes, but it's not replace by anything, so that doesn't help. Is there a way to force OE to use the arrow sign in quoted text, instead of that damned line? Or, is there a way to break the line when hitting the return key? Maybe a key combo I'm not aware of? |
Email response formatting
"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote in message
... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... This is not a new behavior with OE 6, just a question I've been meaning to ask forever. When I respond to most email messages, OE puts a long vertical line next to the original quoted text. If I want to intersperse my response with the original text, the vertical line doesn't break when I hit the return key. So, unless I format my text differently, it just blends in with the original. If I change my replay's format to plain text, the vertical line vanishes, but it's not replace by anything, so that doesn't help. Is there a way to force OE to use the arrow sign in quoted text, instead of that damned line? Or, is there a way to break the line when hitting the return key? Maybe a key combo I'm not aware of? Tools | Options | Send Set you email and news to use Plain Text. Uncheck the option to Reply to messages in the format in which they were sent. However, messages that were sent in HTML still may not get the quote character () because OE uses MIME/Quoted Printable to send HTML messages but doesn't know how to handle MIME/Quoted Printable once it's in Plain Text mode. This has been a problem since OE4, but none of the OE teams since then has figured out how to fix it. I'm not sure they really even tried. Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM There's a plague of "haven't really tried" in many product areas. IMHO, it points to the value of waterboarding in corporate settings. We can only hope. |
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