Reply to Plain Text Message Does Not Display Ticking

• Microsoft Outlook Express versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Outlook Express versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you reply to a message in Outlook Express, reply ticking may not appear.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if you have your default mail message format set to HTML.

RESOLUTION

To include reply ticking in replies to mail messages, set your message format to Plain Text. To set Plain Text as the default message format:

1. On the Tools menu in Outlook Express, click Options.



2. Click the Send tab. In the Mail Sending Format box, click Plain Text.



3. If you want to customize the way your replies appear, click Settings. In the Plain Text Settings dialog box, you can select a different character to mark ticking, or you can turn the feature off. Click OK to accept these settings, and then click OK again.

MORE INFORMATION

Indenting the previous text of a mail message with ticking, indicated by default with the ">" character, is disabled in HTML mode. This occurs even if you elected to send the initial mail message as plain text by overriding the default setting.

Keywords          : kbenv outexw95 outexnt win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: January 27, 1999