Word docs copied into Outlook have strange formats when received by other email browsers

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Mat the Property Guy

When I send mail from Microsoft Outlook, it often looks strange when
received by another user in Eudora. Recently, strange three line
breaks were inserted between one paragraph and another, which only
showed up when the mail was opened in Eudora. There were other odd
formatting errors too. Yet the mail looked fine when received by
another user in Outlook.

Perhaps the problem was that the Outlook email originated in a
copied-in Word document? Documents originated as PDF files do not seem
to cause the same problems.

Does anyone know the best way to copy documents from Word into Outlook,
so as to avoid strange formating effects?
 
Mat the Property Guy said:
When I send mail from Microsoft Outlook, it often looks strange when
received by another user in Eudora. Recently, strange three line
breaks were inserted between one paragraph and another, which only
showed up when the mail was opened in Eudora. There were other odd
formatting errors too. Yet the mail looked fine when received by
another user in Outlook.

Perhaps the problem was that the Outlook email originated in a
copied-in Word document? Documents originated as PDF files do not
seem to cause the same problems.

Does anyone know the best way to copy documents from Word into
Outlook, so as to avoid strange formating effects?
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The BEST way is not to copy, but to attach the original. then no formatting
is lost at all. Is there some reason why you copy into the message and don't
attach?
 
Also when sending to non-Outlook users, ensure you are not formatting mail in
Rich Text. Use Plain Text or HTML instead. Rich Text is specific to Outlook
and may not be understood by other email clients.
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Kathleen Orland

http://www.howto-outlook.com/
 
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