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[Note: Since not all computer email programs allow html email to be displayed, the following method of showing quoted text will not work for all recipients, but will work for most.]
To make text appear smaller and indented, thus signifying that it is quoted text, a few html tags must be used.
The very first thing you must type in your email body is the opening tag, which is:
<html>
This must be the first thing in your email body, and cannot be preceded by even a blank space.
The next thing you need to know is that each new paragraph must begin with the following tag:
<p>
This includes any paragraph of text that you are going to show as quoted text! Otherwise, all your paragraphs will be run together as one long paragraph with no breaks.
Now, for each paragraph which needs to be shown as quoted text, you must open it in the following manner:
<p><small><blockquote>
That paragraph must also be closed in "reverse" order, like this:
</blockquote></small>
(note the slash marks.)
The html tags enclosed within the brackets will not be seen by the recipient.
Following is a brief example of how your email will appear to recipients by using the codes shown above.
It is followed by the same example, but with the codes "showing," so you can see how it is constructed.
Hi John,
In your last email, you said,
I want to get a new pet, but
don't know where to begin
looking.
I would suggest that you try the local humane society first, as there are always a number of animals there from which to choose.
Sincerely,
Alice
Now here is the same email, with the coding included.
<html>
<p>
Hi John,
<p>
In your last email, you said,
<p>
<small>
<blockquote>
I want to get a new pet, but don't know where to begin looking.
</blockquote>
</small>
<p>
I would suggest that you try the local humane society first, as there are always a number of animals there from which to choose.
<p>
Sincerely,
<br>
Alice
</html>
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