How to reply email with selected text only in Outlook?

By default, if the “When replying to a message: Include original message text” option is selected in Outlook, the whole original message text will be included in the reply message body when you reply an email message. Sometimes, you just want to reply an email with only selected text of the original message. In this article, we will show you methods of replying email with selected text in Outlook.

Easily reply email with selected text with the Reply Selection utility

Easily reply email with selected text with the Reply Selection utility

After installing Kutools for Outlook , reply email with selected text only won’t be a problem anymore.

1. Double click to open the email you want to reply with selected text in the mail list pane.

2. Select the text in the original message you want to reply only, and then click Kutools > Reply Selection. See screenshot:

Then the selected text is attached at the bottom of the reply message immediately. Please compose this message and then send it.

If this utility is helpful, please download and try the free trial now!

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