How to Use Rich HTML Text Formatting in AIM Mail or AOL Mail

If you want to make a bold statement a literally bold statement; if you want to speak up, but not just figuratively; if you want to underline a string of thoughts with more than just mental cord, then AIM Mail and AOL Mail have the right tool — or toolbar, more precisely — for you.

In Internet Explorer, you can use some HTML formatting for the text in the emails you write. You can make passages bold, italic or underlined, for example, or choose a different font and font size. The color of both text and background can also be changed, and you can create bullet lists easily.

Use Rich HTML Text Formatting in AIM Mail or AOL Mail

To use rich HTML text formatting in AIM Mail or AOL Mail:

• Choose Settings from the upper AIM Mail or AOL Mail navigation bar.
• Go to the Authoring category.
• Make sure Use Rich Text / HTML Editing is checked under Composing.
• Click Save.
• Make sure you use Internet Explorer on Windows (or a browser using Internet Explorer rendering, such as Netscape 8) when composing a message in which you want to use rich text formatting.

For email clients and services that cannot display HTML-formatted messages, AIM Mail automatically produces an alternative plain text version of the rich messages you send.