Nope...didn't happen the way it used to in Outlook 2000 actually, now that I think of it, I don't think it DID happen in 2000.....I think I only got the prompt when I was sending mail out to multiple recipients or a group and SOME of them had the plain text box checked in my address book....now that I think back, what that prompt was telling me was that some of the recipients were set to plain text and did I want to set them all that way or something like that but I really can't remember bottom line is, Peter....becuz you use that lovely horse stationery, even if Outlook IS converting it to plain text, I believe those weird =20 things are the plain text conversion of that background graphic or something so....unfortunately, the only way for you to get rid of that, I believe, is to go into Tools>Options>Mail Format and uncheck the box that is telling Outlook to make that stationary your default email but...like I said, the =20 stuff doesn't bother me if it doesn't bother you :-) Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop <http://personal-computer-tutor.com/main.htm> http://personal-computer-tutor.com/main.htm Author/Teacher ~ MS Office EBooks/Classes <http://personal-computer-tutor.com/services.htm> http://personal-computer-tutor.com/services.htm ************************************************************* PLEASE READ!!!! You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line that says "unsubscribe" (without the quotes). Do not put unsubscribe IN CAPS. Screaming doesn't get you out any faster and the caps prevent the function from working. To change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail), visit the group's homepage for full instructions. //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. *************************************************************