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Summary: Getting the 'From:' button to show in Outlook 2003 fortunately is a easy thing to accomplish.
How do I get the 'From:' button to show in Outlook 2003?
Compose a new message, click on the View menu, and select the From: item. If you have "smart menus" enabled you may need to wait a few seconds after dropping down the View menu in order to see the From: item if it's not already there.
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Article C2033 - June 14, 2004
There is no From: menu item under View. By default Outlook uses Word as an email editor.. How do you get the From: button in these circumstances?
Posted by: Anonymous at February 24, 2005 12:02 AMWell, to start with, don't use Word as the editor. It's WAY overkill for email. Tools, Options, Mail Format - uncheck both "Use Word" checkboxes.
Posted by: Leo at February 24, 2005 8:49 AMWell actually, you can use MS-Word for your e-mail and having "FROM:" button.
Posted by: Pantelis Koumelas at January 25, 2006 7:27 AMJust expand the "OPTIONS" button at the tool bar, and there you are...
For those out there who like to use Word as email editor in Outlook 2003 AND want a From field displayed:
Untick Word in Tools, Options, Mail Format; open a new (HTML only) email, do View, From Field, close the email; go back to Tools, Options, Mail Format & switch Word back on; the From field will stay.
Also necessary if you want to switch on BCC field with Word as editor....
I agree that Word can be overkill for email but it depends what you want from email. I prefer Word as editor, for the extra formatting possibilities, spell-checking, better control of bullet points, numbers, paragraphs etc.
Posted by: Zap Coffey-Brittain at March 26, 2007 3:17 PMThanks, Zap!
Posted by: Sam at February 25, 2008 12:29 PMWord may be "overkill" but if someone paid the $$$ for it then they deserve to have the ability to use it as an editor. Your response was much appreciated and didn't blow off the first poster.
I cannot get the "Option" button to display the little down arrow. Therefore I cannot get to the "From" field. MS Word is NOT the editor.
Posted by: Steve Fraser at May 16, 2008 11:48 AMAny help would be appreciated.
Related question: once you activate the "from" button is there any way to automatically show the user's name?
Posted by: kenorwox at April 30, 2009 6:39 AMThanks!
If you have word set as email editor, all you need to do is click the arrow to the right of the Options button, and then click from/Bcc.
Posted by: Aaron at July 28, 2009 2:49 PMRefer to Microsoft - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP010197091033.aspx