Andy, under the same drop-down on the bottom right is the 'Plain text mode' toggle.
Google is rolling out the new compose as default. http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/ On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 1:47 AM, Kenneth Ayers <justkenn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I still see a "temporarily switch back to old compose" option in the new > compose window. It shows up when you click on the little arrow for "more > options" at the bottom right corner. > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Andy <ai.eg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It seems that the "new compose" feature of Gmail has gone mainstream, as >> in, the old one ... the one that worked just fine, thank you ... is gone. >> :-( How does one send messages in plain text, in the "new" version? I've >> tried using the Remove Formatting button, but it does not appear to do that. >> I can get the message to be sent without fancy formatting, fonts, etc., but >> it is still not in email's Lowest Common Denominator, a.k.a. plain text. >> >> So I've enjoyed the experience of using Gmail's web interface for the last >> couple of years, but I think the fun is over and maybe it's time to go back >> to using an email client from now on. I totally miss the point of hiding >> everything from me. >> >> Andy >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Marko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.