Remove "background color" of email text in Outlook 2000

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

Someone sent me an email message from which I'd like to "copy and paste" some
of the text into an outgoing message, but the "original text" has a
background color that also gets "copied" when I "paste" it into my new
message. How can I remove or "disable" this background text color in my
out-going message?
 
Is the whole message background changing or just a small square?

if you only want the text, paste it into notepad first and copy it again,
then paste.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/
 
Actually, the colored "background" is only on the text I was trying to copy -
almost as if it had been "highlighted" by 'highlighter pen', as it were....
so yes, I suppose it is a "small square" or "rectangle" that "surrounds" the
text.
I suppose if I didn't have this dang head cold, it probably should've
occurred to me to "paste" to Notepad first then "transfer" to the outgoing
message....
Thanks for the input...

Diane Poremsky said:
Is the whole message background changing or just a small square?

if you only want the text, paste it into notepad first and copy it again,
then paste.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/


billzinn said:
Someone sent me an email message from which I'd like to "copy and paste"
some
of the text into an outgoing message, but the "original text" has a
background color that also gets "copied" when I "paste" it into my new
message. How can I remove or "disable" this background text color in my
out-going message?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
billzinn said:
Someone sent me an email message from which I'd like to "copy and
paste" some of the text into an outgoing message, but the "original
text" has a background color that also gets "copied" when I "paste"
it into my new message. How can I remove or "disable" this
background text color in my out-going message?
Click to expand...

Forward the message and change the format to Plain Text. When you have the
info you want, close without sending.
 
Back
Top