Irritant: Editing Forwarded Email

[Lawrence]

I like to use Outlook's built-in email editor, but there
is something that drives me crazy.

When I forward an email and edit the text before sending,
Outlook puts a space before and after any inserted text.

For example, suppose the original email had a typo that
said, "I like brwn dogs."

If I click on the "Forward" button and try to fix the
error by inserting an "o" in the word "brown" this is what
I get:

I like br o wn dogs.

I think I understand why Outlook is doing this (it also
changes the text color), but it drives me nuts. It's easy
enough to delete the spaces, but it's very irritating,
especially if I need to do significant editing. I cannot
for the life of me find a setting that lets me change this
behavior.

Anybody know how to get rid of this irritating Outlook
editor feature?

 

[dlw]

Tools / Options / email options / Mark my comments with /
uncheck the box.
That's for Outlook 2000, slightly different menus in other
versions.

 

[Lawrence]

Thanks for responding, but that option is already un-
checked in my version and I still have that problem with
HTML email.

Any other suggestions?