Ok....I'll jump in here cuz I have 2002 and since this doesn't happen to me, I assume my settings must be ok In Tools>Options, I see two things that might be worth checking. Click on the Mail Format tab...then click on the Internet Mail button...I have mine set to wrap at 76 characters Now, click on the International Settings...in there both of my top boxes are Unchecked....Auto Select IS checked....and Western European (ISO) is my "preferred encoding" Is this how yours is set, Mark? However, I DO know that if I reply to someone who has these weird Ods and 3Ds, I will have a few of them anyway...but not nearly as some I see in other posts....like Errol's for example...one of his recent ones was LOADED...LOL...here's a copy/paste of what his said....see all the Ods: Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Linda=0D The Office was nstalled on a local computer, not on the server.=0D Errol=0D =0D -------Original Message-------=0D =0D From: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=0D Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 13:48:42=0D To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=0D Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Poston Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 6:56 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Quoted-printable (was Re: 3Ds and Ods in freelists emails) On 29 Jan 2003 at 18:16, Mark Mucher wrote: > And can this be turned off? I *think* it can, but I haven't tested it yet. In Outlook 2000, Internet Mail Only, you can go to Tools | Options | Internet E-Mail, and set the MIME encoding to None. I've heard that there isn't a setting in 2002, but that 2002 chooses the encoding scheme based on how many 8-bit characters there are in the message. If you want to force one particular scheme, you have to change the registry. I don't use 2002, so I can't check for sure. I don't know what happens when you reply to a message that has QP encoding. Hopefully Outlook won't reply in the same mode, or that you can change encoding to "none". -- Jim ************************************************************* 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?Subject=unsubscribe 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 *************************************************************