OLEXP: Pressing BACKSPACE Does Not Delete a Tab Character
Article ID: 201078
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
This article was previously published under Q201078
For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express
SYMPTOMS
When you press BACKSPACE to delete a TAB character in the body text of an
Outlook Express message, only one space is deleted.
CAUSE
This issue can occur because when you press TAB to insert a Tab character
in an Outlook Express message, four spaces are inserted instead of a Tab
character.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
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