# Stupid Outlook Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-outlook-question/698952>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 19, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-outlook-question/698952 "2014-09-19T17:49:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-outlook-question/698952/1 "2014-09-19T17:49:10Z")

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(Note: ambiguity intentional; it is up to you to decide if my question is stupid, or if Outlook is stupid, or both).

Outlook version 14 from Office 10

In messages, under the Options tab, the Page Color option is grayed out, no matter what style of text I am using (HTML or Rich Text). I have checked through the program options and can’t find anything about this. I have tried to check the various Help options but couldn’t find anything about this.

Reason: annoying co-worker sends emails with annoying backgrounds, which I would like to remove when replying or forwarding her messages.

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-outlook-question/698952/2 "2014-09-19T18:29:55Z")

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Never mind, folks, apparently my unit in our company only installs a limited set of features.

The annoying co-worker is at another unit, which apparently has different installation standards.

Rats.

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-outlook-question/698952/3 "2014-09-19T19:03:48Z")

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> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> (Note: ambiguity intentional; it is up to you to decide if my question is stupid, or if Outlook is stupid, or both).

Ha, that’s exactly the first thing I thought of when I read the subject line. I’m glad you figured out the problem. Didn’t you retire though? Why do you even have to worry about stupid Outlook or stupid coworkers?