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Email formatting: How can I reply to an email in coloured ink?

Trenny
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Posted October 23, 2012 at 10:50AM

Sometimes the formatting bar shows, but more often it does not?

I want to write my replies in red against the questions in an email.

Help much appreciated.

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Woolwell

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Posted October 23, 2012 at 11:20AM

You will need to tell us what you use for e-mails eg Outlook Express, Outlook, Windows Live Mail, Thunderbird or webmail.

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Trenny

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Posted October 23, 2012 at 11:35AM

Sorry - windows mail on a Vista laptop. I am sure that there used t be a formatting bar shown when replying as well as writing emails.

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northumbria61

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Posted October 23, 2012 at 11:40AM

In Windows Live Mail Go to Tools > Options > Compose Tab > Font Settings

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Woolwell

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Posted October 23, 2012 at 11:51AM

Some time since I used Windows Mail and then only briefly. My understanding is that the format bar doesn't show for plain text. From another forum: "Either click on Format and select Rich Text (HTML), or go to Tools | Options | Send and uncheck: Reply to messages in the format they were sent."

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Trenny

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Posted October 23, 2012 at 1:44PM

Woolwell, I think that you my have cracked it BUT I was in plain text and have just changed it over to HTML and it seems to have done the trick! I'll see what happens when I restart etc.

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Sea Urchin

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Posted October 23, 2012 at 2:37PM

You will need to do both parts of Woolwell's solution. If somebody mails you using plain text then you won't get the format bar unless you uncheck Reply to messages in the format they were sent even if you are using HTML to write mail.

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Trenny

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Posted October 25, 2012 at 6:56PM

Many thanks, all. All sorted.

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