Microsoft KB Archive/196262

= OL2000: Marquee Tag Modified When Word Is Used as E-mail Editor =

Article ID: 196262

Article Last Modified on 9/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q196262



SYMPTOMS
If you use Word as your e-mail editor in Microsoft Outlook, and you reply to or you forward an HTML-formatted message that includes a marquee tag that has a direction set to up or to down, the up or the down information is removed. As a result, the marquee scrolls from right to left.



CAUSE
Word 2000 strips out the direction portion of the marquee tag when converting the HTML file to Word.



RESOLUTION
Do not use Word as your e-mail editor when you use marquee tags in HTML-formatted messages.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 2000.



MORE INFORMATION
The marquee tag supports direction attributes. For example:

Text

After using Word as your e-mail editor and forwarding or replying to an e-mail message that contains this tag, the HTML code is changed to the following:

Text

This problem also occurs in Word 2000 if you open and save documents with the HTML format.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB196262

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