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Formatting bar not showing

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marta.didut
marta.didut

Hi,

I cannot see any formatting bar in my "new message" window. I cannot change my text format, I tried to change a lot of settings but nothing seem to work.

I also cannot customize my signature - the html just shows weird and not as expected

Hi, I cannot see any formatting bar in my "new message" window. I cannot change my text format, I tried to change a lot of settings but nothing seem to work. I also cannot customize my signature - the html just shows weird and not as expected
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To get the formatting bar, go to 'account settngs' , click the account in left side bar, then the 'composition&addressing' link, and tick to compose in HTML The other option is to press the shift key when clicking the 'new message' button

to permanently set the HTML signature, go to 'account settings' pane and click the account name in left sidebar. the composition window will be on the right.

If you want to edit HTML while in compose window, I encourage using the ThunderHTMLedit addon at https://www.betterbird.eu/addons/

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Chosen Solution

To get the formatting bar, go to 'account settngs' , click the account in left side bar, then the 'composition&addressing' link, and tick to compose in HTML The other option is to press the shift key when clicking the 'new message' button

to permanently set the HTML signature, go to 'account settings' pane and click the account name in left sidebar. the composition window will be on the right.

If you want to edit HTML while in compose window, I encourage using the ThunderHTMLedit addon at https://www.betterbird.eu/addons/

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