Sending Messages Containing Rich Text Formatting

When messages containing rich text formatting, such as bold, font size, and color, are sent between Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange Server using the Connector for Lotus Notes, the text is converted to the appropriate format for the recipient. Because of differences in the client programs, not all attributes are converted correctly. The following table shows how attributes are converted in messages.

Attribute Outlook to Notes Microsoft WordMail to Notes Outlook HTML to Notes Notes to Outlook or WordMail
Size Converted Converted Converted Converted
Color Converted Converted Converted Converted
Bold Converted Converted Converted Converted
Underline Converted Converted Converted Converted
Italic Converted Converted Converted Converted
Strikethrough Converted Converted Converted Converted
Paragraph formatting Converted Converted Ignored Converted except justify, which is ignored by Outlook
Line spacing Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Converted
Bullets Converted Not applicable Not applicable Some are not converted
Indents Some complex formatting is lost Not applicable Not applicable Some are not converted
Tables Not applicable Converted Converted Converted correctly in WordMail, not displayed correctly in Outlook
Embedded OLE objects including graphics Converted, can be edited Converted, can be edited Converted, can be edited Converted, can be edited
Font name Varies, may substitute Symbol font if recipient does not have original font Does not map, usually Times Roman Does not map, usually Times Roman Converted
Double strikethrough Not applicable Ignored Ignored Ignored
Superscript Not applicable Ignored Ignored Ignored
Subscript Not applicable Ignored Ignored Ignored
Shadow Not applicable Ignored Ignored Ignored
Outline Not applicable Converted to italic Converted to italic Converted to italic
Emboss Not applicable Ignored Ignored Ignored
Engrave Not applicable Ignored Ignored Ignored
Small caps Not applicable Ignored Ignored Ignored
All caps Not applicable Ignored Ignored Ignored
Drop caps Not applicable Ignored Ignored Ignored
Hidden Not applicable Ignored, text is visible Ignored, text is visible Ignored, text is visible
Underline other than single Not applicable Ignored Ignored Ignored
Bitmaps not embedded as OLE objects Not applicable Not converted, may appear as garbled text Displayed as unnamed, blank icons, may need to be renamed before viewing Converted to monochrome
Computed text Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not converted
Text or formula pop-up Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Pop-up is not converted, hotspot text is converted
Action hotspot Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Action information is not converted, hotspot text is converted
Button Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not converted
Hyperlinks embedded in text Not applicable Not applicable Not converted Not applicable
HTML buttons, fields, check boxes, drop-down boxes Not applicable Not applicable Not converted Not applicable
HTML frames Not applicable Not applicable Not converted Not applicable
VB Script, JavaScript, Java applets, ActiveX controls Not applicable Not applicable Not converted Not converted

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