OL98: Mark Comments Marks Each Letter in Comment (185206)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 98
This article was previously published under Q185206

SYMPTOMS

When you use Microsoft Outlook 98 and select the "Mark my comments with" option and then reply to or forward a message in Microsoft Outlook Rich Text format, making annotations in the original text, your name or the text you specified to mark your comments with, appears in brackets before each letter that you type.

CAUSE

You pressed the INSERT key before typing your comments.

RESOLUTION

Use one of the following workarounds:

  • As soon as you notice the problem, press INSERT once and close the message without saving changes. Open the message and make your comments.
  • As soon as you notice the problem, press INSERT once, backspace over the extra characters, and resume typing.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Outlook 98.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps To Reproduce Behavior

  1. On the Tools menu, click options.
  2. On the Preferences tab, click E-mail Options.
  3. Click to select "Mark my comments with," and type YourName in the box.
  4. Click OK twice to close the Options.
  5. Select a message and click Reply. The message must be formatted using Microsoft Outlook Rich Text.
  6. Click the insertion point into the original message text, press INSERT and type "I'm replying to your message." The results appear below. 
       [YourName]  I [YourName]  ' [YourName]  m [YourName]    [YourName]  r
   [YourName]  e [YourName]  p [YourName]  l [YourName]  y [YourName]  i
   [YourName]  n [YourName]  g [YourName]    [YourName]  t [YourName]  o
   [YourName]    [YourName]  y [YourName]  o [YourName]  u [YourName]  r
   [YourName]    [YourName]  m [YourName]  e [YourName]  s [YourName]  s
   [YourName]  a [YourName]  g [YourName]  e [YourName]  .
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/11/1999
Keywords:kbbug KB185206
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