I just switched from Outlook Express to Outlook (for a single feature - the ability to edit the titles of incoming mail so I can recall the contents better. I get 4 emails a day just titled “eFax for you” from my fax service.)
So Outlook solved that problem.
But now I can’t figure out these things:
I can’t get it to print the pictures in the email. This is a deal-breaker for me, as most of my incoming mail has pictures or diagrams in it.
It won’t even let me copy the pictures into Word to print.
So I will have to convert back if I can’t find a way to do it.
I can’t get it to reply in HTML format when the incoming message is in plaintext. This is a pain because my sig has a logo in it. Sure, I can copy and paste into a new message rather than replying to plaintext messages, but I’d rather not.
It doesn’t seem to have a way to read the source code for the email, just the headers. I sometimes read the email source to find the url address of news images that are emailed to me, to read more about them.
It sometimes ( not always) will bring in two, three or five copies of an email. When I check my email server with another program there is only one copy there, and it is marked as read.
Anyone know a setting or something I’ve missed that correct these?
Thanks
The last couple of versions of Outlook default to not downloading pictures. But if you right-click on the message body, there should be an option to download pictures.
When you reply to the message, click on the Format menu in the reply message window and select HTML format.
Open the message in a new window, right-click on the message and select View Source.
Do you have Outlook configured to leave messages on server? That might explain this.
Outlook is actually doing the “correct” thing here: treating an attachment as an attachment. If you put a picture in the message body, though, it seems to work okay.
After hitting reply, you have the message window. What happens when you go to Format->HTML? By the way: HTML mail is evil. Many people have filters to automatically block HTML mail. This goes for Rich Text mail, too, since Outlook will convert it to HTML for non-Exchange Server addresses.
This bugs me, too. Any help here?
Sorry, I’m on an Exchange Server, so just don’t know.
x-ray vision Thanks, I’ll try there for tech things. Dewey Finn Thanks. Your tips for 2) and 3) work for me. They were hidden in right-click instead of on menus like Outlook Express, so that’s why I missed them. (I’ve long wondered why the right-click items are step-children that never make it to the visible pull-down option menus.)
For #1, I don’t get a right-click option to print pictures.
For #4, I do leave them on, using the option for erasure after a week, so that I can retrieve them on the web when I’m at a different computer. This always worked with Outlook Express without duplicates, so it seems to be a bug. I’ve since noticed it only happens when I leave that email’s window open long after I’ve read it. Maybe Outlook is confusing “in use in another window” with “not available” = “not found” = “not downloaded yet”.
Under 1), the pictures that don’t print are in the body of the message. All I get is that box icon.
For #3, see the answer that come in just ahead of yours.
That site didn’t solve my problem but moved me along.
A thread there suggested I check the Microsoft site for required Service Packs and I was missing a couple.
And I found their site to ask Outlook and Office questions: Microsoft Discussion Groups
Spoke too soon. From comments on windowsbbs.com I realized that there were several ways to trigger a print. Some, like the File menu or ctrl-P, didn’t work. But pushing the printer icon on the opened email window bypassed the printer dialog box and simply printed out the email, pictures and all.
One working method is all I need, so I’m back in business.
I finally got my answer.
Some free photo editing software (“crop and get rid of red eye”) that came with my camera had invaded my “Open with …” settings. But it was incompatible with Outlook, so the pictures were not being processed right. Reinstalling MS Office converted them back to compatible programs.
I am supplying this info as a warning to others to watch for side effects with newly installed picture software.