How do I keep the font color as black when I reply to e-mail?

shistir

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Aug 22, 2005, 6:25:03 PM8/22/05

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I use ARIAL 11 font to send outgoing emails and use RICH TEXT.
When I reply to a received email, the text is purple. How can I change this
purple text to black?

Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]

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Aug 22, 2005, 7:13:46 PM8/22/05

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See if changing the "When replying & forwarding" font there: Tools menu >
Options > Mail Format > Fonts

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shistir

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Aug 22, 2005, 7:25:01 PM8/22/05

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Thank you - this solves the problem - don't know how I could have missed it
as I had previously had looked at this window a hundred times!

Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]

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Aug 23, 2005, 7:31:12 AM8/23/05

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Not to guess at your gender but I call that phenomena "Male Pattern
Blindness" :-)

Note: I suffer from it frequently. Just ask my wife...

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mawm-dee

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Aug 28, 2008, 10:03:01 AM8/28/08

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I've done this a hundred times - still replies in different colors... any
suggestions

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

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Aug 28, 2008, 10:29:18 AM8/28/08

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Version of Outlook?

In 2007, Tools, Options, Mail format tab, Stationery and Fonts, Reply &
Forward font - choose black as the color from the drop down. I just tested
it with RTF formatted message and it does work.

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mawm-dee

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Sep 3, 2008, 6:07:01 PM9/3/08

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2003... i have tried all of that and will not reply back in same font color
or black - have set at navey, then tried to use auto etc, nothing works.....

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

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Sep 3, 2008, 6:46:49 PM9/3/08

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no idea what is wrong then... you could try a new profile, detect and
repair, switch to the other email editor. (I tested it with word as my
editor)

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Roberthowelljm

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Aug 31, 2009, 3:32:01 PM8/31/09

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You are using Word as your editor and it is over-riding the settings in
Outlook. What you need to do is go to Word>Tools>Options>General. At the
bottom of the page are 3 buttons. Select the Email options button. In the
pop-up window select the 'Personal Stationery' tab and uncheck the box for
'Pick a new color when replying or forwarding'.

Hope that helps.