Outlook replies have lines and bold text

Anonymous
2024-10-16T10:27:36+00:00

Hello Community, in the outlook app on my Mac when I hit reply I often (but not always) have lines at the top of my email with the text in bold. Almost as though it is stuck on the previous email content. How do I fix this please?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-16T19:28:15+00:00

    I also have the same issue.

    It is not possible to use REPLY to send a nicely formatted email. (my workaround to copy the email and then compose a new email and paste in the original email).

    Please provide fix for this quickly.

    This is also an issue for me. It appears that there is a bug with the Microsoft Office formatting where it inconsistently clears (or doesn't clear) formatting for a reply. What I've found is that there are additional formatting settings when replying to an email (in the ... menu). One of those settings is "clear formatting."

    My workaround for a reply:
    (1) Hit enter to create a new line (would have 2 ruled lines, text would be bold)

    (2) Click clear formatting

    Now that looks like a normal email.

    I wish this wasn't such a glitchy program. Looking for an alternative to Postbox and this is the best I've found so far.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-14T21:42:59+00:00

    I also have the same issue.

    It is not possible to use REPLY to send a nicely formatted email. (my workaround to copy the email and then compose a new email and paste in the original email).

    Please provide fix for this quickly.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-11T09:44:21+00:00

    I have the same issue. It's really annoying that I can't use the Outlook app to send a normal looking email since a few weeks ago.

    Any updates on a fix for this issue?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-06T21:28:56+00:00

    OMG I am having the same problem it is so annoying and I pay for a subscription for office 365 but of course no response from Micorsoft.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-27T21:21:43+00:00

    Zachary, yes, that is the problem I am having with these lines.

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