Microsoft® Office 2008 for Mac Step by Step

Enhance Message Content

You can personalize your outgoing messages in many ways, including the following:

• You can select the font, font style, and font color.

• You can format the text of your message to make it more readable by including headings and numbered or bulleted lists.

• You can format the background with a color or picture. (However, these won’t always appear to e-mail recipients as you intend them to, and they can make your communications appear less professional.)

  Tip

  When you insert a background picture, Entourage tiles the picture to cover the entire message background. If your background picture isn’t quite subtle, the tiled background will overwhelm the text of the message.

  After you insert a background picture, you can’t remove it by clicking ...