message formats

From: Jean Long (creative@enter.net)
Mon Sep 10 17:24:40 2001


<mk:@MSITStore:C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\1033\olmai n10.chm::/html/olconAboutOutlookMessageFormats.htm#> Changing message formats

1. "In most cases, you don't need to change the message format".

When you send an HTML message to others whose mail program doesn't understand HTML, their mail program automatically displays a plain text version in the message body.

2. When you send an RTF formatted message over the Internet, Outlook converts it to HTML by default.

3. When you reply to a message, Outlook automatically uses the format the message was created in (except in the case of an RTF message sent over the Internet, as noted previously).

4. In some cases, you may prefer to use a different format for a specific message.

For example, someone may send you a plain text message, but you want to forward or reply to it using HTML format and the features it supports. Or, you may always want to use a certain format for a specific contact, for example, if you frequently send to a contact mail that contains linked objects, which only Outlook Rich Text format supports. Therefore, Outlook offers you the flexibility you need for these situations.

Note: The only way I see a problem could arise is if you send it in the "RTF format" (which I don't think anyone does) because it changes it to HTML instead of "plain text" to others whose mail program doesn't understand RTF.

Jean


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