How to Insert a Source Code Into an Outlook HTML Email Message
Microsoft Outlook is one of the leading personal information management programs. Included in the Microsoft Office suite of productivity products, the program allows users to send, receive, search and manage email messages and attachments. It also offers tools to create and manage calendars, address books, to-do lists, tasks and notes. A simple font change allows you to insert source code into HTML email messages in a manner that retains the proper spacing, indentation and character formatting of the original code.
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Instructions
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Open the file containing the source code you want to include in your Outlook HTML message.
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Highlight the code you want to include in the message. Right-click the highlighted code and select "Copy," or choose the "Copy" option from within the "Edit" menu at the top of the screen.
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Open Microsoft Outlook.
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Press the "Ctrl" and "N" keys simultaneously to create a new email message.
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Select "HTML" from the drop-down menu near the top of the newly created message window in Outlook 2003 and earlier Outlook versions to set the email format to HTML. In Outlook 2007, click the "Options" tab near the top of the window and then click "HTML" within the "Format" sub-section.
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Right-click within the message window and select "Paste" to insert the source code you copied in step 2.
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Highlight all of the code you pasted in the previous step to select it.
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Click the font drop-down menu near the top of the message window and select a fixed-width font to ensure correct spacing, indentation and character formatting. Courier New is the most commonly used fixed-width font; it is available on all versions of Microsoft Windows. Your source code is now ready to be sent in an HTML-formatted email using Microsoft Outlook.
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