OLEXP: Body Element Properties Are Not Saved When You Save an E-mail Message as Stationery (250754)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 1
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows 98 SP 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows 95 SP 1
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows 95 SP 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 2000
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 2000
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q250754 For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express SYMPTOMS
When you receive an e-mail message in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format and you save the e-mail message as stationery, the body element properties of the stationery may not be saved and the stationery may appear blank.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because you can save the body element properties for stationery only when you type the HTML code in a style sheet. The HTML code for the e-mail message does not meet this specification.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, edit the HTML code in the received e-mail message
so that body element properties are in a style sheet (inside <STYLE> tags), and then save the e-mail message as stationery.
- Open the received e-mail message, and then click Reply.
- On the View menu, click Source Edit.
- Click the Source tab, and then edit the HTML so that the body element properties are in a style sheet and the background property is set outside the style sheet, as in the following example:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.3800" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE>BODY {
COLOR: #666600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 12pt;
MARGIN-LEFT: 20px; MARGIN-TOP: 25px
}
IMG {
MARGIN-LEFT: -20px; MARGIN-TOP: 10px
}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY background="file:///C:/Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Stationery/Sunflower Bkgrd.jpg">
<DIV> </DIV></BODY>
</HTML>
- Click the Edit tab.
- On the File menu, click Save as Stationery.
MORE INFORMATION
When the body element properties are set outside a style sheet, the only body element property that is saved is the background property.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 6/30/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbpending kbprb KB250754 |
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