"StargateFanFromWork" <NoSpam@NoJunk.com> wrote in message news:uiqtayokHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> My mail message format default is RTF, which is what I need.  But every once
> in a while, I like to write a msg in HTML to friends and family because I'll
> send embedded graphics.  I'm tired of having clicking new message, then on
> the option to change to text format and then to change to html.  Is there a
> more direct route to pull up an html new msg without going, say, the blank
> stationery msg route?  That's all that occurs to me to do, but it's a drag
> as I'd have to remember to carry around a blank html msg to each new
> contract and dump it in the stationery fldr on top of all the other stuff I
> carry around <g>.
>
> Thanks much.   :oD
>
>

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>     http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
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>     Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
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>>"StargateFanFromWork" <NoSpam@NoJunk.com> wrote in message
>>news:uiqtayokHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> My mail message format default is RTF, which is what I need.  But every
>> once
>> in a while, I like to write a msg in HTML to friends and family because
>> I'll
>> send embedded graphics.  I'm tired of having clicking new message, then
>> on
>> the option to change to text format and then to change to html.  Is there
>> a
>> more direct route to pull up an html new msg without going, say, the
>> blank
>> stationery msg route?  That's all that occurs to me to do, but it's a
>> drag
>> as I'd have to remember to carry around a blank html msg to each new
>> contract and dump it in the stationery fldr on top of all the other stuff
>> I
>> carry around <g>.
>>
>> Thanks much.   :oD

"StargateFanFromWork" <NoSpam@NoJunk.com> wrote in message news:ObULY2xkHHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <sue***@outlookcode.com> wrote in message
>>news:e61baUpkHHA.5084@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>
>>Actions | New Mail Message Using | HTML (no stationery)
>
> Hey, I never saw that before <g>.  This is much better.  It's a 2-button
> click solution rather than a single button one, but that is much, much
> better than before.  Thanks.
>
> p.s., I've never asked before but why is it that some toolbar buttons greyed
> out when we try to change the icon or how to display?  This is a case in
> point, this button is 4 words long ("New Mail Message Using") and I had a
> tough time re-arranging my buttons so that this would fit without making
> icons disappear into the "excess" toolbar icons space that we have to click
> an extra time to get to <g>.  I was able to add this one in because I ended
> up putting some buttons onto the pulldown menu toolbar above.
>
> My preference is to give toolbar buttons an icon if they don't have one and
> to reduce it down to just the image (i.e., little to no text).  Is there a
> way around this "limitation" when we're faced with buttons that have these
> options greyed out, I wonder?  I'm guessing not but I've never actually
> asked.
>
>>>"StargateFanFromWork" <NoSpam@NoJunk.com> wrote in message
>>>news:uiqtayokHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> My mail message format default is RTF, which is what I need.  But every
>>> once
>>> in a while, I like to write a msg in HTML to friends and family because
>>> I'll
>>> send embedded graphics.  I'm tired of having clicking new message, then
>>> on
>>> the option to change to text format and then to change to html.  Is there
>>> a
>>> more direct route to pull up an html new msg without going, say, the
>>> blank
>>> stationery msg route?  That's all that occurs to me to do, but it's a
>>> drag
>>> as I'd have to remember to carry around a blank html msg to each new
>>> contract and dump it in the stationery fldr on top of all the other stuff
>>> I
>>> carry around <g>.
>>>
>>> Thanks much.   :oD
>
>

"Brian Tillman" <tillman1***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> StargateFanFromWork <NoSpam@NoJunk.com> wrote:
>
>> My mail message format default is RTF, which is what I need.  But
>> every once in a while, I like to write a msg in HTML to friends and
>> family because I'll send embedded graphics.  I'm tired of having
>> clicking new message, then on the option to change to text format and
>> then to change to html.  Is there a more direct route to pull up an
>> html new msg without going, say, the blank stationery msg route? That's
>> all that occurs to me to do, but it's a drag as I'd have to
>> remember to carry around a blank html msg to each new contract and
>> dump it in the stationery fldr on top of all the other stuff I carry
>> around <g>.
>
> Does clicking Tools>Options>Mail Format>Internet Format and changing the
> "Outlook Rich Text Format" drop-down to "Convert to HTML format" help?

"StargateFanFromWork" <NoSpam@NoJunk.com> wrote in message
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> "Brian Tillman" <tillman1***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:urTUKAwkHHA.1776@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> StargateFanFromWork <NoSpam@NoJunk.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My mail message format default is RTF, which is what I need.  But
>>> every once in a while, I like to write a msg in HTML to friends and
>>> family because I'll send embedded graphics.  I'm tired of having
>>> clicking new message, then on the option to change to text format and
>>> then to change to html.  Is there a more direct route to pull up an
>>> html new msg without going, say, the blank stationery msg route? That's
>>> all that occurs to me to do, but it's a drag as I'd have to
>>> remember to carry around a blank html msg to each new contract and
>>> dump it in the stationery fldr on top of all the other stuff I carry
>>> around <g>.
>>
>> Does clicking Tools>Options>Mail Format>Internet Format and changing the
>> "Outlook Rich Text Format" drop-down to "Convert to HTML format" help?
>
> I'm sorry.  I wasn't clear at all.  I don't want to change the default to
> html.  I just want to create a button so that's it's as easy as clicking
> on the NEW button to create a message but that it would be in HTML rather
> than my needed default RTF format.  I have no problem converting, just
> would like something easy, even easier than going to stationery and
> clicking on the "blank" one there.  A one-button solution.
>
> Perhaps there isn't anything (I looked under the available items for a
> toolbar solution but didn't find anything).
>
> Perhaps I should have posted this in the Outlook vba ng, though was hoping
> there was something already available natively to Outlook without going
> the vb way.