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Turn off automatic formatting when Word is your e-mail editor
 

If you're using Microsoft Word as your e-mail editor and you're using the Microsoft Outlook Rich Text message format, Word automatically formats incoming plain text messages to improve their readability. You can turn off this option.

  1. On the Format menu, click AutoFormat.
  2. Click Options.
  3. Under Always AutoFormat, clear the Plain text WordMail documents check box.
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