Perhaps this is what I am thinking of; it gets confusing when Microsoft changes simple things - especially for us folks who think they know everything! Thanks guys. Corey -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Drawer Sent: Monday, 16 July 2007 9:41 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Change default text format It is interesting that Outlook Express would have the option under Tools --> Options --> Send to "Reply to messages in the format in which they were sent" which can be turned off. I can't check Outlook to see if it has such an option, but it may be worth a look. Jonathan "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Every version of Outlook I have ever used (Outlook 97, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2007) have always used the mail format of the sender, so when you reply you must manually change it. The older versions of Outlook had a checkbox in the address book where you could specify when you wanted a particular person to only receive plain text, but Microsoft removed that. As far as I know, there's no way around this ... but I could be wrong. ******************************* Linda F. Johnson Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Corey S Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:38 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Change default text format I do have that set already, but perhaps I didn't make myself clear enough. If someone sends me an email in HTML or RTF, and I hit reply, it replies in HTML or RTF, not plain text. I was after a way to force it to send my reply in plain text automatically, instead of having to manually change it to plain text. Corey ************************************************************* 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, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************