How to View the HTML Source for Outlook Express Messages

 Last reviewed: December 17, 1997
Article ID: Q165531

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook Express version 4.0 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Outlook Express version 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to view the HTML source code of messages created using Outlook Express.

MORE INFORMATION

To view the HTML source code of messages created or received by Outlook Express, follow these steps:

  1. Click the message whose source code you want to view.

  2. Press CTRL+F2. This opens Notepad with the HTML portion of the message displayed. The header information is not displayed.

Note that the file that appears in Notepad is a temporary file; it does not save any changes to the message in Outlook Express.

To see the entire message source code (including the headers), follow these steps:

  1. Click the message whose source code you want to view, and then click Properties on the File menu.

  2. On the Details tab, click Message Source.

You can resize or maximize the window to see more of the information. The content you see is the exact information sent by the originator and is viewable only in the code page in which it was created.

Additional query words: 4.00
Keywords : outexnt outexw95 kbfaq
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto

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Last reviewed: December 17, 1997
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