Strict length requirements sometimes encourage writers to do crazy things to the layout such as reduce the font size and change the margins. I hope this helps to explain the issue for you! Please let us know if you have any further questions or comments.First impressions count and we base our initial judgement of how easy a business document will be to read based on the way it looks. When you're using the HTML editor, you will have the option format the text in different ways. Squirrel mail simply uses plain text for its messages. You can use the HTML editor option in Roundcube and in the Horde webmail clients. You can simply highlight text and select the option to italicize.ġ) Open up Horde email client and then click on NEW MESSAGEģ) You will see the editor screen pop up with the option to use italics.Īfter you have enabled HTML composition in Horde, you can select text to italicize as per the editor in Round Cube. When you go to compose a new message (Click on MAIL to return to your mail list), you will see an editor available now with the Italics option in the top left corner. Here's a quick list of steps on how to access it in either Round Cube or Horde:ġ) Click on settings in the top right cornerĢ) Click on COMPOSING MESSAGES under SECTIONģ) At the top, select Compose HTML messages - ALWAYS

Bear in mind that your email recipient would have to have be able to view the email in HTML format, otherwise, it will look like a bunch of code with your text buried in the middle of it.

The main issue is that you need to be using a specific editor type. Sorry to hear about your problems with using italics in email.

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