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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>OK, I have been dealing with a huge issue, and that is using Outlook to perform inline replies.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(example)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jameson Chunk 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Benn reply 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jameson Chunk 2<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Benn Reply 2<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jameson Chunk 3<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Benn Reply 3<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>…and so on.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Outlook 2013 is frustrating me to no END in this regard.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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 *<b>will</b>* be using Outlook.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My question is this: Is there any *<b>good</b>* 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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PS. I guess I *<b>could</b>* 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? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PPS. I *<b>have</b>* 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?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standard'>-Benn Grant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standard'>eFix Computer Consulting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standard'><a href="mailto:benn@4efix.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>benn@4efix.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standard'>603.283.6601<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>