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 Tutorial - Webmail - HTML Compose

This Webmail version enables users to choose to Compose a messages in Plain Text or in HTML.  The default in users' Preferences is Plain Text.

 

Click OK at the bottom of the Preference screen to save your choice.

Click on Compose in the Navigational Bar and the default editor your chose will appear.
Once in the Compose screen, if you would like to use the other editor  click on the button on the lower left corner of the Compose box.  This button acts like a toggle switch between Plain Text and HTML

This "toggle" option enables you to choose to Compose some messages in Plain Text and others in HTML. It is not necessary to change your Preferences every time you choose to change the type of message (Plain Text or HTML) you wish to send.
When opening HTML Compose for the first time in each session,  you may see the following window. Click on Yes. and the HTML Compose screen will appear.

 

 

In HTML Compose you will see a tool bar with standard HTML formatting options.

  

The HTML defaults are set by the system. You can:
  • Change the defaults at the beginning of a message.
  • Change the defaults for certain portions of your message.
  • Highlight a portion of your message and add the HTML formatting after you have typed the text.

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