Changing the Message Format in Outlook

The procedures below describe how to change the message format.

To change the message format for all messages

  1. Click the File tab.

  2. Click Options.

  3. Click Mail.

  4. Under Compose messages, in the Compose messages in this format list, click HTML or Plain Text.

To change the format of an individual outgoing message

  1. With the message open, on the main menu, click Format Text.

  2. On the Format tab, click the format you want to use (Plain Text or HTML).

NOTE: Rich Text-formatted (RTF) messages are not supported.