Policy
Outlook Rich Text options
Microsoft Office 5532.1000
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting controls how Outlook sends Rich Text Format (RTF) messages to Internet recipients. If you enable this policy setting, you may choose from the following for handling RTF messages addressed to recipients on the Internet: * Convert to Plain Text format - Outlook converts the message to plain text format in the default character set. Any message formatting will be lost. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Outlook automatically converts RTF formatted messages that are sent over the Internet to HTML format, so that the message formatting is maintained and attachments are received.
Registry values
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No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
Use this format: ID L_WhensendingOutlookRichTextmessagestoInternetrecipients2 | enum | HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\mail\message rtf format Type REG_DWORD | Options: Convert to Plain Text format (1) |
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