Customizing MS Outlook replies

[c206h]

Can someone lead me step-by-step on how to customize my email replies? Used to, when I hit "Reply", my font would be in a royal blue that made my reply really stand out from the copied message that I am replying to.

I think this has something to do with replying in HTML, etc., but I have gotten totally confused! My toolbar is always set to "Plain text" when I use the "Reply" button. Isn't there a way to default it to HTML and also set the font and color? Any help would be appreciated.

[NickC]

Can you not find the option to set reply fonts in the Tools -> Options section? I'm at home right now where I don't use Outlook. But when I get to work tomorrow, I can check for sure and post back (unless someone beats me to it! )

[c206h]

I did go to Tools>Options and specified that replies are to be 10 pt. Arial and selected blue, I also specified the "always use my fonts" option, but when I hit "Reply" to a message, the text I enter appears to be plain text. I also notice a good bit of the menu toolbar is "greyed-out", particularly the selections that deal with fonts, etc. Just not sure what I'm doing wrong!

[NickC]

Under Tools -> Options -> Mail Format (tab) which format have you chosen? If it says "Plain text" there is your problem. Change it to "Rich text" and see if that works.

[c206h]

My mail format option was set to "HTML" - I tried rich text, but I still don't get the colored font!

[NickC]

Hmm... don't understand. I'll try to set some options to see if I can duplicate your problem. I did notice that for me, it didn't have "Always use my fonts" selected. I forget the exact text, but it was the first of the 3 radio button options.