For that to happen, your recipient must be able to see it.

HTML: An email in HTML format shows all the colors, positioning, fonts, styles, etc.

you used to create itprovided that your recipient has set Outlook to receive emails inHTML format.

emails in the Outlook.com inbox folder

Outlook Mail.

Most users do; in fact, that’s the default setting.

Plain text: An email sent inplain textformat contains only text characters.

Plain text doesn’t support bold, italic, colored fonts, or other text formats.

HTML email sample

It supports text formatting, including bullets, alignment, and linked objects.

Youcanuse it when sending to other Outlook and Exchange users, but Microsoft recommends sending in HTML regardless.

Instead,change the default format.

Plain text email example