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Outlook Express Tips for Adding Rich Formatting to Messages

Add background images and sounds, change the fonts and do fancy formatting tricks — all in Outlook Express. Learn how easy it is to add rich formatting to emails in Outlook Express with these tips.
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How to Use Rich HTML Formatting in an Email with Outlook Express

Use bold face, custom fonts, background sound, inline images, and more in Outlook Express.

How to Insert an Image Inline in an Email with Outlook Express

Send photos, drawings, and all kinds of images with your emails in Outlook Express so recipients can see them inside the message.

How to Add a Background Image to an Email with Outlook Express

Even if it doesn't say more than a thousand words, a picture in the background of your email can enhance it greatly. Here's how to add background images to messages in Outlook Express.

How to Insert a Link in an Email with Outlook Express

If you particularly like (or dislike) a page on the web, it is easy to share it by inserting a link to it in an email with Outlook Express.

How to Add Background Sound to Emails in Outlook Express

Enrich your emails in Outlook Express with some music that will automatically play when the recipient opens them.

How to Change the Default Font Face and Color in Outlook Express

Make the emails you send with Outlook Express more interesting and fancy by using custom font face and color and by — default.

How to Make Outlook Express Send Your Inline Images

If recipients of emails you have composed in Outlook Express using stationery complain about red x's where the images should be, here's what to do.

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