In Microsoft Outlook, we can configure settings and compose all new messages in HTML format, but can’t reply messages in HTMT format automatically, because it always reply in the initial format of received messages. This article will introduce you tricks about replying in HTML format automatically in Outlook.
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It is easy to convert the formats of Plain Text or Rich text to the HTML format when you are replying an email message in Outlook.
1: Select the email message that you will reply later.
2: Click the Reply button on the Home tab (or on the Toolbar in Outlook 2007) to reply the selected email message.
3: Click the HTML on the Format Text tab (or Options tab in Outlook 2007).
Then the replying message is converted to the HTML format immediately.
4: Compose this replying message, and click the Send button.
The following method will help you reply all email messages in the HTML format automatically in Microsoft Outlook.
1: Select the email message that you will reply in the HTML format.
2: Press the Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
3: Click the Insert > Module.
4: Paste the following code into the new module window.
Sub AlwaysReplyInHTML()
Dim oSelection As Outlook.Selection
Dim oItem As Object
'Get the selected item
Select Case TypeName(Application.ActiveWindow)
Case "Explorer"
Set oSelection = Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection
If oSelection.Count > 0 Then
Set oItem = oSelection.Item(1)
Else
MsgBox "Please select an item first!", vbCritical, "Reply in HTML"
Exit Sub
End If
Case "Inspector"
Set oItem = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
Case Else
MsgBox "Unsupported Window type." & vbNewLine & "Please select or open an item first.", _
vbCritical, "Reply in HTML"
Exit Sub
End Select
Dim oMsg As Outlook.MailItem
Dim oMsgReply As Outlook.MailItem
Dim bPlainText As Boolean
'Change the message format and reply
If oItem.Class = olMail Then
Set oMsg = oItem
If oMsg.BodyFormat = olFormatPlain Then
bPlainText = True
End If
oMsg.BodyFormat = olFormatHTML
Set oMsgReply = oMsg.Reply
If bIsPlainText = True Then
oMsg.BodyFormat = olFormatPlain
End If
oMsg.Close (olSave)
oMsgReply.Display
'Selected item isn't a mail item
Else
MsgBox "No message item selected. Please select a message first.", _
vbCritical, "Reply in HTML"
Exit Sub
End If
'Cleanup
Set oMsgReply = Nothing
Set oMsg = Nothing
Set oItem = Nothing
Set oSelection = Nothing
End Sub5: If you want to only reply this selected message in html format, please press the F5 key to run the code. Then the replying message window pops up, please compose it and press the Send button to send the email.
icon. Every time when you need to reply an email in html format, please select the email and click this button to activate it.
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Here I recommend you a handy utility – Fixed Reply Formatting of Kutools for Outlook. With this utility, you can easily specify a reply formatting such as HTML, plain text and RTF, and fix the specified formatting as the reply format for all future reply emails.
1. Click Kutools > Fixed Formatting > Fixed Reply Formatting > Set Reply Formatting. See screenshot:
2. In the Set Reply Formatting dialog box, select the HTML option and then click the OK button.
3. Now please click Fixed Formatting > Fixed Reply Formatting > Enable Fixed Reply Formatting under the Kutools tab to enable the utility.
From now on, Outlook always reply an email in HTML format.
If you want to have a free trial of this utility, please go to free download the software first, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.
