Linda/Group-- Thanks. The fix is in, and you should see no more extraneous characters from me. BTW, if anyone XP users are interested, you can open up a blank text document (Notepad works fine), enter (or cut and paste) the following lines into it, save it as 'InternetMailTextEncoding.reg', double-click to open, and click 'Yes' when prompted. --START OF FILE; OMIT THIS LINE-- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Options\Mail] "InternetMailTextEncoding"=dword:00000003 --END OF FILE; OMIT THIS LINE-- Thanks. --Jim -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 7:09 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Fao: Jim Pettit - Outlook configuration Well, if you all would actually READ the monthly rules I send around, you'd know the answer cuz it's in there....(wry smile on my lips as I type lol) Anyway...this has nothing to do with rich text/plain text, etc...it's a registry fix...here: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm And PLEASE trim your posts ;-) Linda Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials *all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like it came from me, it did NOT! ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************