Removing the prefix from a forwarded email ?

When forwarding an email, how do we remove the prefix character, attached to
the front of each line of the quoted email, without changing the prefix
configuration? Isn't there a way to remove just the column of prefixes?
Alternatively, is there a way to resubmit the email, so it appears as an
original, versus forwarding the email? All we want to do is send the same
email, with a few changes, to another distribution group as if it were an
original.

While my question still stands regarding the removal of prefixes, I have
found a way to 'Resend' a message without the prefix characters. I include
this here for anyone who may be interested. To resend the same message
simply follow these help instructions:


1.. In Mail, in the Navigation Pane (Navigation Pane: The column on the
left side of the Outlook window that includes panes such as Shortcuts or
Mail and the shortcuts or folders within each pane. Click a folder to show
the items in the folder.), click Sent Items.
2.. Double-click the message that you want to resend.
3.. On the Message tab, in the Actions group, click Other Actions, and
then click Resend This Message.


Hope this helps !

*************************

"Blue Max" wrote in message
news
When forwarding an email, how do we remove the prefix character, attached
to the front of each line of the quoted email, without changing the prefix
configuration? Isn't there a way to remove just the column of prefixes?
Alternatively, is there a way to resubmit the email, so it appears as an
original, versus forwarding the email? All we want to do is send the same
email, with a few changes, to another distribution group as if it were an
original.

which version of Outlook?
For 2007:
Tools | Options | Preferences tab .. email options button .. in the "on
replies and forwards" section.

"Blue Max" wrote in message
news
When forwarding an email, how do we remove the prefix character, attached
to the front of each line of the quoted email, without changing the prefix
configuration? Isn't there a way to remove just the column of prefixes?
Alternatively, is there a way to resubmit the email, so it appears as an
original, versus forwarding the email? All we want to do is send the same
email, with a few changes, to another distribution group as if it were an
original.

Thank you for the reply, Bill. I recognize that this is where the option is
enabled or disabled, but how do you remove the prefix after it has been
placed there? We want to leave the feature enabled, but are curious whether
the prefix can be manually removed once it is placed into the reply or
forwarded email.

Thanks

*********************
"Bill R" wrote in message
...
which version of Outlook?
For 2007:
Tools | Options | Preferences tab .. email options button .. in the "on
replies and forwards" section.

"Blue Max" wrote in message
news
When forwarding an email, how do we remove the prefix character, attached
to the front of each line of the quoted email, without changing the
prefix configuration? Isn't there a way to remove just the column of
prefixes? Alternatively, is there a way to resubmit the email, so it
appears as an original, versus forwarding the email? All we want to do
is send the same email, with a few changes, to another distribution group
as if it were an original.

you'd have to use find and replace to remove the reply characters.

--
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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
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"Blue Max" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the reply, Bill. I recognize that this is where the option
is enabled or disabled, but how do you remove the prefix after it has been
placed there? We want to leave the feature enabled, but are curious
whether the prefix can be manually removed once it is placed into the
reply or forwarded email.

Thanks

*********************
"Bill R" wrote in message
...
which version of Outlook?
For 2007:
Tools | Options | Preferences tab .. email options button .. in the "on
replies and forwards" section.

"Blue Max" wrote in message
news
When forwarding an email, how do we remove the prefix character,
attached to the front of each line of the quoted email, without changing
the prefix configuration? Isn't there a way to remove just the column
of prefixes? Alternatively, is there a way to resubmit the email, so it
appears as an original, versus forwarding the email? All we want to do
is send the same email, with a few changes, to another distribution
group as if it were an original.

Thank you, Diane. However, I am still curious. Why can't the user simply
manually select the prefix character, like any other character, and delete
it? We don't seem to be able to drag or shift-arrow over the character to
select and delete it.

Thanks

********************
"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
...
you'd have to use find and replace to remove the reply characters.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Blue Max" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the reply, Bill. I recognize that this is where the option
is enabled or disabled, but how do you remove the prefix after it has
been placed there? We want to leave the feature enabled, but are curious
whether the prefix can be manually removed once it is placed into the
reply or forwarded email.

Thanks

*********************
"Bill R" wrote in message
...
which version of Outlook?
For 2007:
Tools | Options | Preferences tab .. email options button .. in the "on
replies and forwards" section.

"Blue Max" wrote in message
news When forwarding an email, how do we remove the prefix character,
attached to the front of each line of the quoted email, without
changing the prefix configuration? Isn't there a way to remove just
the column of prefixes? Alternatively, is there a way to resubmit the
email, so it appears as an original, versus forwarding the email? All
we want to do is send the same email, with a few changes, to another
distribution group as if it were an original.

You should be able to, but it takes longer. I often click after the caret
and backspace. I never tried drag or shift arrow and its as fast to
backspace.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Blue Max" wrote in message
...
Thank you, Diane. However, I am still curious. Why can't the user simply
manually select the prefix character, like any other character, and delete
it? We don't seem to be able to drag or shift-arrow over the character to
select and delete it.

Thanks

********************
"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
...
you'd have to use find and replace to remove the reply characters.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Blue Max" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the reply, Bill. I recognize that this is where the
option is enabled or disabled, but how do you remove the prefix after it
has been placed there? We want to leave the feature enabled, but are
curious whether the prefix can be manually removed once it is placed
into the reply or forwarded email.

Thanks

*********************
"Bill R" wrote in message
...
which version of Outlook?
For 2007:
Tools | Options | Preferences tab .. email options button .. in the "on
replies and forwards" section.

"Blue Max" wrote in message
news When forwarding an email, how do we remove the prefix character,
attached to the front of each line of the quoted email, without
changing the prefix configuration? Isn't there a way to remove just
the column of prefixes? Alternatively, is there a way to resubmit the
email, so it appears as an original, versus forwarding the email? All
we want to do is send the same email, with a few changes, to another
distribution group as if it were an original.

Hello Diane,

That is interesting, because our backspace removes the line return, but not
the prefix character, which in our case is a vertical pipe character "|".
Furthermore, if we re-insert the line return, that prefix character
reappears at the beginning of the new line.

For example, we cursor to the right of a prefix character, backspace to
delete it (the character plus the line return both disappear and the second
line is now appended to the line above), then we reinsert just the line
return (both the line return and prefix character reappear and the second
line returns back beneath the first just as before - prefix character and
all).

Worse yet, if we delete all the blank lines above the quote, we cannot write
anything new without the prefix character appearing, even if we delete the
whole quote and are left with a blank message.

Thanks,

Richard

**********
"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
...
You should be able to, but it takes longer. I often click after the caret
and backspace. I never tried drag or shift arrow and its as fast to
backspace.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Blue Max" wrote in message
...
Thank you, Diane. However, I am still curious. Why can't the user
simply manually select the prefix character, like any other character,
and delete it? We don't seem to be able to drag or shift-arrow over the
character to select and delete it.

Thanks

********************
"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
...
you'd have to use find and replace to remove the reply characters.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Blue Max" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the reply, Bill. I recognize that this is where the
option is enabled or disabled, but how do you remove the prefix after
it has been placed there? We want to leave the feature enabled, but
are curious whether the prefix can be manually removed once it is
placed into the reply or forwarded email.

Thanks

*********************
"Bill R" wrote in message
...
which version of Outlook?
For 2007:
Tools | Options | Preferences tab .. email options button .. in the
"on replies and forwards" section.

"Blue Max" wrote in message
news When forwarding an email, how do we remove the prefix character,
attached to the front of each line of the quoted email, without
changing the prefix configuration? Isn't there a way to remove just
the column of prefixes? Alternatively, is there a way to resubmit the
email, so it appears as an original, versus forwarding the email?
All we want to do is send the same email, with a few changes, to
another distribution group as if it were an original.

are you using HTML and have the blue pipe? Those are harder to remove so I
don't bother trying.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Blue Max" wrote in message
...
Hello Diane,

That is interesting, because our backspace removes the line return, but
not the prefix character, which in our case is a vertical pipe character
"|". Furthermore, if we re-insert the line return, that prefix character
reappears at the beginning of the new line.

For example, we cursor to the right of a prefix character, backspace to
delete it (the character plus the line return both disappear and the
second line is now appended to the line above), then we reinsert just the
line return (both the line return and prefix character reappear and the
second line returns back beneath the first just as before - prefix
character and all).

Worse yet, if we delete all the blank lines above the quote, we cannot
write anything new without the prefix character appearing, even if we
delete the whole quote and are left with a blank message.

Thanks,

Richard

**********
"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
...
You should be able to, but it takes longer. I often click after the
caret and backspace. I never tried drag or shift arrow and its as fast to
backspace.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Blue Max" wrote in message
...
Thank you, Diane. However, I am still curious. Why can't the user
simply manually select the prefix character, like any other character,
and delete it? We don't seem to be able to drag or shift-arrow over the
character to select and delete it.

Thanks

********************
"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
...
you'd have to use find and replace to remove the reply characters.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Blue Max" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the reply, Bill. I recognize that this is where the
option is enabled or disabled, but how do you remove the prefix after
it has been placed there? We want to leave the feature enabled, but
are curious whether the prefix can be manually removed once it is
placed into the reply or forwarded email.

Thanks

*********************
"Bill R" wrote in message
...
which version of Outlook?
For 2007:
Tools | Options | Preferences tab .. email options button .. in the
"on replies and forwards" section.

"Blue Max" wrote in message
news When forwarding an email, how do we remove the prefix character,
attached to the front of each line of the quoted email, without
changing the prefix configuration? Isn't there a way to remove just
the column of prefixes? Alternatively, is there a way to resubmit
the email, so it appears as an original, versus forwarding the
email? All we want to do is send the same email, with a few changes,
to another distribution group as if it were an original.

Yes, it is HTML and the pipe is blue. So what are they doing to make this
suffix so persistent? Is it a format code of some kind, like you might see
for outline bullets or line numbering? Can we delete the format?


***************
"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
...
are you using HTML and have the blue pipe? Those are harder to remove so I
don't bother trying.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Blue Max" wrote in message
...
Hello Diane,

That is interesting, because our backspace removes the line return, but
not the prefix character, which in our case is a vertical pipe character
"|". Furthermore, if we re-insert the line return, that prefix character
reappears at the beginning of the new line.

For example, we cursor to the right of a prefix character, backspace to
delete it (the character plus the line return both disappear and the
second line is now appended to the line above), then we reinsert just the
line return (both the line return and prefix character reappear and the
second line returns back beneath the first just as before - prefix
character and all).

Worse yet, if we delete all the blank lines above the quote, we cannot
write anything new without the prefix character appearing, even if we
delete the whole quote and are left with a blank message.

Thanks,

Richard

**********
"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
...
You should be able to, but it takes longer. I often click after the
caret and backspace. I never tried drag or shift arrow and its as fast
to backspace.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Blue Max" wrote in message
...
Thank you, Diane. However, I am still curious. Why can't the user
simply manually select the prefix character, like any other character,
and delete it? We don't seem to be able to drag or shift-arrow over
the character to select and delete it.

Thanks

********************
"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
...
you'd have to use find and replace to remove the reply characters.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Blue Max" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the reply, Bill. I recognize that this is where the
option is enabled or disabled, but how do you remove the prefix after
it has been placed there? We want to leave the feature enabled, but
are curious whether the prefix can be manually removed once it is
placed into the reply or forwarded email.

Thanks

*********************
"Bill R" wrote in message
...
which version of Outlook?
For 2007:
Tools | Options | Preferences tab .. email options button .. in the
"on replies and forwards" section.

"Blue Max" wrote in message
news When forwarding an email, how do we remove the prefix character,
attached to the front of each line of the quoted email, without
changing the prefix configuration? Isn't there a way to remove
just the column of prefixes? Alternatively, is there a way to
resubmit the email, so it appears as an original, versus forwarding
the email? All we want to do is send the same email, with a few
changes, to another distribution group as if it were an original.