incomming plain text messages are reformatted.

[level-D]

Dear all,

I'm using microsoft outlook 2003 (11.8217.8221) SP3 (on XP
professional) since this week and ran into the following issue.
Incoming plain text mails are reformatted to something different (when
I paste it to word it says Arial).
Under Tool-Options-Mail format-Fonts I have put everything to Palatino
except the plain one, that should be currier new 10 but my plain mails
are re-formatted to other font (Arial doing the test I describe
above).

I have Word 2003 to edit e-mail messages (need to for live meeting)
and the general settings in Word for E-mail Options are the same as I
have set on Outlook.

My incoming plain text mails are still changed (other font) i.e. the
currier new I want and have defined.

Has anyone a clue what happens here and what I can do to solve the
problem?

Thanks in advance!

Ronald.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I'm using microsoft outlook 2003 (11.8217.8221) SP3 (on XP
professional) since this week and ran into the following issue.
Incoming plain text mails are reformatted to something different (when
I paste it to word it says Arial).

Since plain text messages by definition contain NO font information,
copy/paste does not transfer that information. Something in the application
into which you are pasting is specifying that the paste should use Arial.
Are you using any stationery in Word? Is Arial perhaps the default font in
the normal.dot template?

 

[level-D]

Since plain text messages by definition contain NO font information,
copy/paste does not transfer that information.  Something in the application
into which you are pasting is specifying that the paste should use Arial.
Are you using any stationery in Word?  Is Arial perhaps the default font in
the normal.dot template?

Brian,

Thanks for your answer.
True, but I have defined, as I said in my previous mail, the plain
text mail to be displayed with currier new 10.
Mails that I normally receive aligneed based on this format are
totally different.
The default font in my word (and the .dot) is times new roman so that
is not the case I think.
Very strange, I still searching.....

Ronald.