Rich text not working...
Also, when I send a message with a 'windows compatible' attachment, outlook cuts off all of the text after the attachment and shows it as a HTML attachment???
Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Under preferences in Mail
why on earth is there an option to select a 'Windows Office Compatible' font???
martinneep wrote:
If the selected font in preferences is intended only for viewing in mail. Then why on earth is there an option to select a 'Windows Office Compatible' font???
I just don't understand why Apple haven't given us the choice? We have the ability to send a message in rich text, and it works. But we have no way to select that formatting as a default without using some botched up signature. That makes no sense!
martinneep wrote:
So it is intended only for viewing, not for message composition???
Surely you can see my frustration?
I send a message to a client, attach an excel spreadsheet... When I receive a reply, I see my quoted message; in Times New Roman, with the most important body of text missing, just because it was typed after the attachment. I basically sent a message that made no sense and that looked very unprofessional.
His response however (composed in Outlook) looked much more reputable. The message displayed in the same font that it was composed with, in navy blue (because it was a reply) and none of the text was missing!
I just don't understand why Apple haven't given us the choice? We have the ability to send a message in rich text, and it works. But we have no way to select that formatting as a default without using some botched up signature. That makes no sense!
martinneep wrote:
When I received the reply in question (basically asking me what on earth I was going on about), I jumped to the conclusion that Mail was responsible for the missing text. I now have 'Send Windows Friendly Attachments' and 'Insert Attachments at End of Message' both checked, so hopefully my recipients using Outlook 2003 shouldn't have any problems viewing them?
martinneep wrote:
Thank-you for the detailed response, now I understand.
When I received the reply in question (basically asking me what on earth I was going on about), I jumped to the conclusion that Mail was responsible for the missing text. I now have 'Send Windows Friendly Attachments' and 'Insert Attachments at End of Message' both checked, so hopefully my recipients using Outlook 2003 shouldn't have any problems viewing them?
Even if you select rich text, Apple Mail will only send plain text if it thinks you haven't used any rich text features. This is a design decision by Apple because they know how much trouble sending and receiving rich text messages really is.
Technically, Apple Mail never sends Rich Text at all. It sends an HTML attachment
If you have left the font as the default, there is no need to make it rich text. That way it will display on the recipient's machine as they would like their messages to appear.
Rich text not working...