. Open a new message form by selecting File, New Message or select a received message and choose Reply | Team LiB Creating and Editing Email Creating and editing messages is a fairly simple task with either Word or Outlook as your email editor. 1. Open a new message form by selecting File New Message or select a received message and choose Reply 2. Begin typing in the message body. The Outlook editor has simple word processing features whereas Word editor enables you to use all of Word s features. 3. When you re finished click the Send button or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl S. That was easy but you ll probably want to configure spell checking fonts and other options. Spelling has its own tab on the Tools Options dialog see Figure . Things to consider when enabling the spelling options include Always Check Before Sending is not necessary if you use the Word editor and enable Spell Check As You Type. Ignore Original Message Text in Reply or Forward fails if you reply to a plain text message and use the option to prefix the original message. Figure . Configure your spelling and AutoCorrect options using the Tools Options Spell Check dialog. Outlook s editor supports some AutoCorrect features but they only work for plain text and RTF messages not HTML. Changes to the AutoCorrect settings in Outlook do not affect the AutoCorrect settings in Word enabling you to use different configurations in each program. Use Ctrl Z to undo AutoCorrect s changes. Configure the fonts used on new messages replies and plain text messages in Tools Options Mail Format Fonts see Figure . You can configure these settings from a new message form when using Word as your editor by choosing Tools Options General E-mail Options. Figure . Choose the fonts and colors used when composing and replying to messages. The plain text font also affects the font used in the Reading Pane. Using Stationery If you d like to send a graduation or birthday wish on pretty stationery instead of a drab white note choose Actions New Mail Using More Stationery and select from the list of installed HTML .
