Traditional Chinese Text Does Not Appear Correctly in Outlook Express (817449)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 6 for Windows
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
SYMPTOMSWhen use Microsoft Outlook Express to view an e-mail
message, Traditional Chinese text does not appear correctly.
If you
set the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 regional options format to
Chinese (Taiwan), you can read the text of the e-mail message,
but the view is not correctly formatted as HTTP. Frames, tabs, and spaces do
not appear correctly. CAUSEThis issue occurs if both the following are true:
- You install files for East Asian languages in
Windows.
Note: To install files for East Asian languages, click the
Languages tab in the Regional and Language
Options dialog box, and then click to select the Install files
for East Asian languages check box).
-and- - You view an HTML-formatted message that contains
Traditional Chinese text.
WORKAROUNDTo work around this issue, turn off the option to read
messages in plain text in Outlook Express. To do this, follow these steps:
- Start Outlook Express.
- On the Tools menu, click
Options.
- Click the Read tab, and then click to
clear the Read all messages in plain text check
box.
- Click Apply, and then click
OK.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 3/1/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbpending kbbug KB817449 |
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