OL98: Mark Comments Marks Each Letter in Comment

ID: Q185206

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 98

SYMPTOMS

When you use Microsoft Outlook 98 and select the "Mark my comments with" option and then reply to or forward a message in Microsoft Outlook Rich Text format, making annotations in the original text, your name or the text you specified to mark your comments with, appears in brackets before each letter that you type.

CAUSE

You pressed the INSERT key before typing your comments.

RESOLUTION

Use one of the following workarounds:

As soon as you notice the problem, press INSERT once and close the message without saving changes. Open the message and make your comments.
As soon as you notice the problem, press INSERT once, backspace over the extra characters, and resume typing.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Outlook 98.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps To Reproduce Behavior

1. On the Tools menu, click options.

2. On the Preferences tab, click E-mail Options.

3. Click to select "Mark my comments with," and type YourName in the box.

4. Click OK twice to close the Options.

5. Select a message and click Reply. The message must be formatted using

   Microsoft Outlook Rich Text.

6. Click the insertion point into the original message text, press INSERT

   and type "I'm replying to your message." The results appear below.

   [YourName]  I [YourName]  ' [YourName]  m [YourName]    [YourName]  r
   [YourName]  e [YourName]  p [YourName]  l [YourName]  y [YourName]  i
   [YourName]  n [YourName]  g [YourName]    [YourName]  t [YourName]  o
   [YourName]    [YourName]  y [YourName]  o [YourName]  u [YourName]  r
   [YourName]    [YourName]  m [YourName]  e [YourName]  s [YourName]  s
   [YourName]  a [YourName]  g [YourName]  e [YourName]  .

Additional query words: 98

Keywords          : GnlFrmt 
Version           : WINDOWS:98
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: February 12, 1999