Hello Artie, If you don't want to include the previous message in your reply, the mail preference setting for this option is found under "Composing". Command-comma to bring up the preferences window, Control-F5 to move to the toolbar, navigate to "Composing" and select it, then navigate in the tab to the check box for "Quote the text of the original message" and uncheck it.
If you want to only include a section of a message your are reading, you can do as Sarah mentions: highlight a section of text in the message your are reading and then use Command-R to reply. Alternatively, if you want to interleave your answers with quoted parts of previous message text, after you press Command-R you have to highlight the sections that you want to remove, and then press delete key, then type your answers in the appropriate places. To highlight everything from current position to end of message, press Shift-Command-Down-Arrow and then press delete. Anne may be able to add some tips about how she does this. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Aug 1, 2013, at 5:30 AM, Artie! wrote: > > What is the formula to crop prior header and trim previous message when > Replying to an email? In Preferences we do not find "do not include > previous mesage when replying". > > I'm an addict for cropping prior header and trimming previous mesage -- > and keeping only the part to which I am responding. > Artie and GDF Golden guide canine JJ. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
