How do I get that nice inline-quote indicator in Outlook 2010 when replying to emails?

Outlook 2010 (beta). I like responding to email inline-style, where there is an indicator (typically a gray vertical bar, |) denoting the quoted content.

Not sure if I can attach an image, but will give text example:

This is some email content.

|  This is a quote from the original email

This is my response to that quote

| |  This denotes a nested quote from a previous message

And another inline response.

I just got an email from someone who replied inline with this same style, but I can't for the life of me find what format option in the Ribbon I need to do the same.

I know I can go through and do this manually with plain-text emails, but the email I am responding to accomplished this with HTML style message, and I would have to remove the formatting and then re-apply the quote style with plain-text markings.

Suggestions?

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Matt

Posted 2010-08-10T21:00:51.407

Reputation: 1 857

Check this question: http://superuser.com/questions/224138/breaking-the-outlook-2010-e-mail-blue-quote-line-for-inline-responses

– stolsvik – 2011-11-17T09:41:14.477

NOTE: The solution addin that is talked about in the above question, is not provided.

– user66001 – 2013-02-02T01:40:58.187

Answers

Click the File tab
Choose Options from the left menu
Choose Mail from the left menu
Scroll down for Replies and Forwards
Choose your relevant options from the dropdowns. I think what you're looking for is "Prefix each line of the original message"

variant

Posted 2010-08-10T21:00:51.407

Reputation: 1 662

The HTML issue seem to affect Outlook 2013 too. – Zitrax – 2015-09-29T08:29:23.067

23To get rid of the blue bar on the left (in the middle of a message) try CTRL+Q – djp – 2015-10-22T03:11:45.320

1@djp That appears to work when writing the message, however on the receivers end the blue bar still shows. Try sending one such email to yourself for example (tested on Outlook 2016). – Zitrax – 2016-10-10T09:47:06.233

3It's a long and well known bug in Outlook. You should choose RTF format for the message (on the Format tab). Then the changes you make with Ctrl-Q will be visible to the recipients. – Alexander Amelkin – 2016-12-12T12:42:51.330

1That adds a proper line for HTML messages; plain text get the character shown in the box below those options. Change the default character from > to something like pipe (¦) instead if you prefer (that only affects plain text messages). – AdamV – 2010-08-11T10:19:19.227

50What if I want to be able to reply into the middle of a message, like in gmail? It appears in HTML messages you can't get rid of the bar on the left by hitting return in the middle of the message. – dfrankow – 2011-03-28T21:18:11.217

3I have the same issue as @dfrankow, is there any way to reply inline to an HTML email? – gav – 2011-09-20T13:08:39.153

@dfrankow Replying into the middle of a message (inline replies) is only possible after installing an addin into Outlook 2010, because of a bug that needs to be fixed. I've been investigating this. Check out this question for further information: http://superuser.com/questions/224138/breaking-the-outlook-2010-e-mail-blue-quote-line-for-inline-responses

– Jez – 2011-10-11T11:40:47.303

NOTE: The solution addin that is talked about in the above question, is not provided.

– user66001 – 2013-02-02T01:41:37.733

1While Microsoft did decide that that bar is what's best for us, and deemed us unworthy of breaking it, one workaround you can use is the Preface comments with option. It is next to this same setting above and makes your inline comments stand out. – Amit Naidu – 2013-05-20T06:10:04.017

As the comments have noted is an issue with variant's answer, you can't add text into the reply if you use the "Prefix each line of the original message" feature.

This is what I'm doing that takes a bit more setup and a bit more work to use but is way more flexible. Note that I'm using Office 365 ProPlus

Double click on some text to highlight it then click on the Styles menu
Name your new style. Click the Modify button
Make sure the checkbox Add to the Styles gallery is checked.
Make sure the option Style for following paragraph: is set to ¶ Normal
Click the Format drop down then click on Border
Set a left border, with the color you want, and the width you want.
Keep clicking Ok until you're back to your e-mail

Now that you've got your reply text style created, just highlight text that you want to mark and apply the style to your replies. Of course, you can apply all kinds of other customization to the style as you see fit.

majikman

Posted 2010-08-10T21:00:51.407

Reputation: 161

This is perfect! – frakman1 – 2020-01-17T12:17:58.807