Microsoft KB Archive/222383

= OL2000: Text Pasted from RTF Source Appears Unintelligible =

Article ID: 222383

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 Q222383



SYMPTOMS
If you paste text copied from a Rich Text Format (RTF) source such as Microsoft Word, into an Outlook Plain Text message, the text may be readable up to a point, but become unintelligible if certain special characters are encountered.



CAUSE
The Plain Text message is designed to accommodate only a single character style.



RESOLUTION
Use either the Outlook Rich Text, or HTML message formats.



MORE INFORMATION
If you must use a Plain Text message format, follow these steps:
 * 1) Copy and paste the text from the RTF source into a Windows Notepad file.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Save As name the file and click Save. Close the file and then open the Notepad file a second time. If prompted to save other formatting such as Unicode, click Yes to continue. This saves the file in Notepad text.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Select All. On the Edit menu, click Copy. Switch to Outlook and paste the text into a Plain Text message. Characters that are not preserved may display as a question mark or block character. The remaining text is preserved.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords: kbprb KB222383

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