replying to email with hotmail

All of the sudden when I hit reply to an email. It comes up in rich
text. This is a"new" thing that just started. Why is this? Is thier a
setting that got changed from "plain text? I like plain text a lot
better. I don't even know what "rich text"is. I haven't got a dime
from it. LOL (joking) Enlighten me as to what "rich text"is and why
it's an option.




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Jspeedo