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How to change Rich Text to HTML when sending to Internet recipients in Outlook?

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If you compose and send an email message in Rich Text format in Outlook, many Internet recipients can’t view this email message on webpage normally. Actually, there is an option that can help us to automatically change the Rich Text format to HTML format when sending email messages to Internet recipients in Microsoft Outlook.

Change Rich Text to HTML when sending to Internet recipients in Outlook 2010 and 2013

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Change Rich Text to HTML when sending to Internet recipients in Outlook 2010 and 2013

In Microsoft Outlook 2010 and 2013, you can automatically change the Rich Text format to HTML format when sending an email message to Internet recipients.

Step 1: Click the File > Options.

Step 2: In the Outlook Options dialog box, click the Mail in the left bar.

Step 3: Go to the Message Format section, click the box behind the When sending messages in Rich Text format to Internet recipients, and select the Convert to HTML format from the drop down list.

the Convert to HTML format option

Step 4: Click the OK button.

Henceforth, if you send an email message in the format of Rich Text, the Rich Text format of messages will be converted to HTML format automatically when recipients are reading this email message on Internet.


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