What's this backwards P all over my email?

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We are currently making it company policy to have Word as our editor as quite a few people here need to insert hyperlinks to documents instead of attaching documents. Inserting hyperlinks in an email is much easier with Word as Outlook editor. Would you be able to let me know the reasons for not having this? Is it only email size? I would appreciate your comments. I know that there were issues pre 2003 version but thought they may have been ironed out. We are using Office 2003.

Vera Hawkins

You hit on one: Word generates horrible HTML. You don't see it unless you pay attention to the size of the message, or actually take steps to look at the result. If you send email to people outside your company, the results can be quite messy if they're not also using Outlook and/or Word.

One particular frustration is that it's nearly impossible to control the formatting when you *reply* to a message that was created with Word as the email editor. (I say "nearly" because it often turns out that if you edit in *exactly* the right sequence, you *might* be able to do what you want, but it's certainly not obvious, and is quite frustrating until you've figured out the magic incantation.)

And finally - Word is huge. It's a big, fat application. Using it for email is like trying to use a chainsaw to open a can of tuna. Yes, you can do it, but the process and results are messy.

I don't quite understand how inserting a hyperlink is easier, to be honest. Is it really all about that one feature?

You Rock! I was blazing out an email and must of accidentially hit the combo to cause this backwards P sh##. Thanks a million!

Thanks Leo, you hit the target right on. I must have accidentally hit the asterik and caused all this headache. Us old people get real frustrated when we can't figure something out. So, thanks for saving a few more gray hairs. Pat

Excellent, thing was I knew what it was, as ive done it before, just couldnt remember. Thanks for your help ! Steve

Actually, that didn't work. The paragraph marks were still showing in Outlook, even though they were disabled in Word 2003. The solution was to start a new email, click Tools, then Options, then the View tab and deselect the 'All' option for Formatting Marks.

Hi Leo:

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT ADVICE! You were right on. You possibly saved me hours of frustration.

Jim

THANK YOU! I had the same problem with my microsoft word, googled "backwards P" and saw your answer. Thanks!!

At the risk of being boringly repetitive - THANKS! And I'm ditching Word as Outlook's editor at work and at home!

Thank you so very much!! Super Helpful!

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