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Old October 7th 06, 11:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
jackl
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Default HTML in Outlook Express

I have a newsletter in Outlook Express in HTML format. Try as I may I cannot
decode it Please help
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Old October 7th 06, 01:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Andrew Murray
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Default HTML in Outlook Express

Sounds like you're reading it in "text only" mode. Try swapping the format
to "Rich Text (HTML)" rather than "Plain Text".

Also you might be better off asking the OE newsgroup.

"jackl" wrote in message
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I have a newsletter in Outlook Express in HTML format. Try as I may I
cannot
decode it Please help



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Old October 7th 06, 06:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
jackl
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Default HTML in Outlook Express

Trtried this Andrew but it did not decode it. I also tried sending it to
myself but nothing changed.

"Andrew Murray" wrote:

Sounds like you're reading it in "text only" mode. Try swapping the format
to "Rich Text (HTML)" rather than "Plain Text".

Also you might be better off asking the OE newsgroup.

"jackl" wrote in message
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I have a newsletter in Outlook Express in HTML format. Try as I may I
cannot
decode it Please help




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Old October 7th 06, 07:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Sharon F
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Default HTML in Outlook Express

On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 03:01:02 -0700, jackl wrote:

I have a newsletter in Outlook Express in HTML format. Try as I may I cannot
decode it Please help


Copy/paste the text to a new Notepad file. Save this as somename.htm
You may need to put the file name including .htm in quotes ("filename.htm")
to force .htm into replacing the default .txt extension.

Double click the file and Internet Explorer (or your default browser)
should open the file to display the content in html fashion. If your
default browser is not IE and it balks at this - open IE and use File Open
to select your saved .htm file.

I get promo mail from two companies written in html format similar (same?)
as you describe. It is displayed as plain text with no option to convert to
html view. If there's an interesting deal, I use the above steps so that's
easier to read about it. Works for me...

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Old October 7th 06, 08:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Jim Macklin
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Default HTML in Outlook Express

If his file extensions are hidden [the default] it is
possible the format is .pub or some other desktop program.
He should unhide the extension and find out what program was
used to create the newsletter or he can contact the
newsletter author for guidance.



"Sharon F" wrote in message
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| On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 03:01:02 -0700, jackl wrote:
|
| I have a newsletter in Outlook Express in HTML format.
Try as I may I cannot
| decode it Please help
|
| Copy/paste the text to a new Notepad file. Save this as
somename.htm
| You may need to put the file name including .htm in quotes
("filename.htm")
| to force .htm into replacing the default .txt extension.
|
| Double click the file and Internet Explorer (or your
default browser)
| should open the file to display the content in html
fashion. If your
| default browser is not IE and it balks at this - open IE
and use File Open
| to select your saved .htm file.
|
| I get promo mail from two companies written in html format
similar (same?)
| as you describe. It is displayed as plain text with no
option to convert to
| html view. If there's an interesting deal, I use the above
steps so that's
| easier to read about it. Works for me...
|
| --
| Sharon F
| MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User


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Old October 7th 06, 09:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
jackl
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Default HTML in Outlook Express

I have followed your instructions and learnt a lot but it still does not work
so thank you very much for the help. I am going to delete it.

"jackl" wrote:

I have a newsletter in Outlook Express in HTML format. Try as I may I cannot
decode it Please help

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Old October 8th 06, 05:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Alan Holmes
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Default HTML in Outlook Express


"jackl" wrote in message
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Trtried this Andrew but it did not decode it. I also tried sending it to
myself but nothing changed.


Please turn off the HTML now, your articles appear in a strange format.

Alan


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Old October 8th 06, 07:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Sharon F
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Default HTML in Outlook Express

On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 14:33:22 -0500, Jim Macklin wrote:

If his file extensions are hidden [the default] it is
possible the format is .pub or some other desktop program.
He should unhide the extension and find out what program was
used to create the newsletter or he can contact the
newsletter author for guidance.


If the newsletter is an attachment, yes and that's a very good point.
Thanks for bringing it up.

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MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
 




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