[EM] HELP: Re: inline replies and Outlook 201x

[Jameson Quinn]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style:
" The workarounds are to use the setting "read all standard mail in plain
text", or to use the "Edit Message" option on the original email and
convert it to plain text before replying (then discard the edited version).
[16] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#cite_note-16>"



2013/6/18 Benjamin Grant <benn at 4efix.com>

> OK, I have been dealing with a huge issue, and that is using Outlook to
> perform inline replies.****
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> When, for example, Jameson Quinn sends a long and nuance post to the list,
> and I want to reply to it, the only method of reply I want to use in the
> inline method.  That means that I post a chunk of his message, then my
> reply, then another chunk, then my reply to that, and so on, like this:***
> *
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> (example)****
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> Jameson Chunk 1****
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> Benn reply 1****
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> Jameson Chunk 2****
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> Benn Reply 2****
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> Jameson Chunk 3****
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> Benn Reply 3****
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> …and so on.****
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> The ONLY way this works without becoming unintelligible is if it is easily
> visually apparent as one scans down my reply which sections are the
> original chunk (to which I am replying) and which sections are my new
> additions to the conversation, my replies.****
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> Outlook 2013 is frustrating me to no END in this regard.****
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> However, let me be 100% clear – switching from Outlook to another product
> is not an option.  I depend on Outlook in a myriad of ways I do not want to
> get into here, but for better or worse, I **will** be using Outlook.****
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> My question is this: Is there any **good** way to configure or use
> Outlook so that I can do my inline replies on this list, and all of you can
> easily visually determine which parts of the reply I am quoting (the
> “chunks”) and which I am newly creating (my replies), without it being a
> huge pain in my rear, such as hand editing line by line?  Do any of you
> have ANY advice?  My greatest fear is that if I don’t fix this issue, the
> inline replies I send to the list will go largely unanswered because they
> will be largely unintelligible.****
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> Thanks.****
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> PS. I guess I **could** insert some kind of macroed out lines like
> “****BEGIN QUOTED TEXT*****” and “****END QUOTED TEXT****” but honestly,
> even that won’t work at all, because while that might work the first time,
> what happens when a thread goes back and forth a couple five times – it
> will already be populated with those markers, rendering new markers lost in
> a sea of noise.  This is a HARD problem to solve, but unless I do, I may as
> well be typing gibberish!  Argh!  Help?  ****
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> PPS.  I **have** done a few hours of googling on this problem, but
> haven’t yet found a silver bullet.  I am hoping that you guys have some
> fresh, good ideas?****
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> -Benn Grant****
>
> eFix Computer Consulting****
>
> benn at 4efix.com****
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> 603.283.6601****
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