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 |