Outlook: Change Default Message Format for EMail
Contributed by Hack_Vista 
Tagged: Microsoft Outlook I hate html formatted emails. Here is how to change the default email format in outlook to plain text, rich text, or HTML format.
HTML-formatting in emails just kills me. One of the first things I do when installing outlook is to change the default format to plain text. I just did this on Outlook 2007 so I thought I would share.
Set the Default Message Format in Outlook:
- 1. Open Outlook
2. Click Tools Menu
3. Click Options
4. Click Mail Format tab
5. In the dropdown box Compose in this message format: choose between HTML, plain text, or rich text.
6. Click OK
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chujoy said on October 3, 2008
Why exactly does it kill you?
David Chung said on June 5, 2009
@chujoy:
Why do E-mail messages need to be embellished in HTML? What’s the point? All I want from an E-mail message is the message, which is why I personally prefer to send and receive in plain text. Nothing more.
imdb said on June 30, 2009
I like HTML because we send screen prints with instructions to our users. The way the email is set up, users have to click on the bar to enable HTML. Can’t tell you how many times we have to point this out to our users! Even the more experienced ones…
UpsideDownTire said on July 9, 2009
Yes, but can’t one define a default for a specific contact the overrides this application level default? Say I set Outlook to default to HTML. But Sally only ever will except Plain-Text email. How can I set it so whenever I send an email to Sally it’s always in Plain-Text?
Anonymous said on November 12, 2009
I have sort of the same issue.
My problem is, that when I reply to a mail, Outlook (both 2003 and 2007) uses the same format as the received mail, regardless of my preferred setting.
If anyone knows if and how this can be fixed, I’d be glad to hear from you, since I’ve spent hours Googling this to no avail.
Anonymous said on January 29, 2010
I seem to be receiving my e-mail in html, not nice. I want to receive it as sender wished.
Fahad ali said on October 27, 2010
Thanks for reply but I have all ready done these process.but there is no changing in my outlook
Guest said on February 11, 2011
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