email format

When I reply to an e-mail, most of the time Outlook
correctly picks the right format for response: i.e., if
the incoming e-mail was HTML, the reply is HTML, and if
the original e-mail is plain text the reply is plain
text. Sometimes, though, when the original e-mail is
HTML, and I hit the "Reply" button, Outlook generates a
plain-text response. Can anyone tell me (i) what makes
that happen, and (ii) how to keep it from happening?

Thanks for any help.

Lloyd

Hi Lloyd,

Change the message format to plain text, HTML, or Rich Text
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Change the default message format for all new messages

On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Mail Format tab.
In the Compose in this message format list, click the format you want.
Specify the default message format for one new message you will create

From the main Microsoft Outlook window, on the Actions menu, point to New
Mail Message Using, and then click the format you want to use.
Change the format of a message you have received or already created

Do one of the following:

When reading a Rich Text Format message

With the message open, on the Format menu, click the format you want to use
(Plain Text or HTML).

Note If you use Word to read Rich Text e-mail messages, you cannot change
the format of the message.

When reading a plain text or HTML message

With the message open, on the Edit menu, click Edit Message.
On the Format menu, click the format you want to use (Plain Text, HTML, or
Rich Text).

Note If Word is not your e-mail editor, you can convert HTML or RTF to
plain text, and you can convert plain text to RTF or HTML. However, you
cannot convert HTML to RTF or RTF to HTML.

When composing a message with Word as your e-mail editor

With the message open, on the E-mail toolbar, click the format you want to
use from the drop-down list (Plain Text, HTML, or Rich Text).

When composing a message if Word is not your e-mail editor

With the message open, on the Format menu, click the format you want to use
(HTML, Rich Text or Plain Text).

Note If Word is not your e-mail editor, you can convert HTML or RTF to
plain text, and you can convert plain text to RTF or HTML. However, you
cannot convert HTML to RTF or RTF to HTML.


Change the format for all messages sent to a particular Internet recipient

Open the contact card for the person.
In the E-mail box, double-click the contact's e-mail address.
In the Internet Format list, select the format you want to use for messages
to this recipient.
Notes

You can only change the format for all messages sent to a contact with an
SMTP e-mail address.
For information about plain text messages, see messages in plain text.

Please let me know has this helped You...
Thank you...
Raghu...
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