Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes

By Dorothy Burke and Jane Calabria

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Lesson 1. Navigating Windows 2000 Professional
  • Lesson 2. Working with a Window
  • Lesson 3. Using Menus
  • Lesson 4. Using Windows 2000 Professional Help
  • Lesson 5. Using Dialog Boxes
  • Lesson 6. Working with Multiple Windows and Applications
  • Lesson 7. Copying, Moving, and Linking Between Windows and Applications
  • Lesson 8. Using My Computer
  • Lesson 9. Managing Files with My Computer
  • Lesson 10. Using WordPad
  • Lesson 11. Understanding File Properties and the Recycle Bin
  • Lesson 12. Printing
  • Lesson 13. Using My Network Places
  • Lesson 14. Using the Control Panel
  • Lesson 15. Using Outlook Express Mail
    • Opening and Closing Outlook Express Mail
    • The Outlook Express Mail Window
    • Sending a Message
    • Using the Windows Address Book
    • Retrieving and Reading Your Messages
    • Saving a File Attached to a Message
    • Replying to a Message
    • Deleting Old Messages
  • Lesson 16. Sharing Workstations and Setting Passwords
  • Lesson 17. Using Internet Explorer 5
  • Lesson 18. Web Site and Document Searching
  • Lesson 19. Troubleshooting, Restarting, and Disaster Planning
  • Lesson 20. Customizing the Windows 2000 Environment

Replying to a Message

When you reply to a message you receive, Outlook Express automatically copies the text of the original message into your reply. Each line of this text is marked with a > symbol in front of it, so it is easily identified as the original text. You can delete this copied text if you don't want it in your reply.

Also, when you create a reply, it is automatically addressed to the sender of the original message. In addition, the subject of the original message becomes the subject of the reply, but with the word RE: preceding it.

To reply to a message, follow these steps:

1. Click either the Reply (to reply to the sender of the message only) or the Reply to All (to reply to the sender and anyone who received a copy of the original message) button on the toolbar.
2. Type your text above the text of the original message. If you want to delete any of the original text, select it and press Delete.
3. Click Send , or if you wish to send the message later, open the File menu and select Send Later .

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