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New Outlook: Plain Text Until Proven Innocent?
I used to turn off Rich Format emails and just view them plain text in old Outlook; but I have been forced to upgrade to new Outlook and I do not see the option listed anymore.
Where has it been moved? Also, is there a way to turn it on network wide?
Also, how stupid and irresponsible is it of Microsoft to bury a setting like that when so many people's jobs rely on the computer systems of their livelyhood not being encrypted by malware?
It makes me feel like Microsoft is trying to rid the world of additional companies.
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Took me some digging but I found the answer, wanted to make sure anyone else who stumbled on this thread first doesn't have to dig as much.
This helped me out:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/why-is-text-formatting-not-an-option-in-the-new/35b8bb4c-f1cc-452c-8347-b16e58b60cf0(It's too bad Microsoft can't just put all their support content in one place... seriously, does ANYONE know how many support & docs sites they've got?? It's surely in the dozens.)
That's for composing emails, not reading them.
You may locate the setting below:
- Click the File tab
- Select Options
- In the Outlook Options window, click Trust Center on the left sidebar
- Click Trust Center Settings
- Navigate to Email Security
- Under Read as Plain Text, select the Read all standard mail in plain text check box
- Thanks, but that's old outlook.
