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I get this when I backspace on bottom of emails <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambri and more

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step 1 - I copy and past a word doc from a mail merge from word into thunderbird.

step 2- I cut and paste the email and subject

step 3- at the end of my email I then backspace and get the following (dump)

step 1 - I copy and past a word doc from a mail merge from word into thunderbird. step 2- I cut and paste the email and subject step 3- at the end of my email I then backspace and get the following (dump) <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:1; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1073786111 1 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p.MsoNoSpacing, li.MsoNoSpacing, div.MsoNoSpacing {mso-style-priority:1; mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language:EN-US;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-language:EN-US;} .MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:10.0pt; line-height:115%;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} -->

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It's part of the horrible bloated code that Microsoft products generate. When you backspace, I guess you're deleting a closing tag, and all the unenclosed material appears verbatim.

I think if you really want to use this procedure to generate your material, you need to use something that reveals the hidden code so you can navigate more accurately. I use Stationery, which provides a useful HTML code view window. This would allow you to position your cursor outside the pasted code's closing tag.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/stationery/

So, why do you backspace?

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It's part of the horrible bloated code that Microsoft products generate. When you backspace, I guess you're deleting a closing tag, and all the unenclosed material appears verbatim.

I think if you really want to use this procedure to generate your material, you need to use something that reveals the hidden code so you can navigate more accurately. I use Stationery, which provides a useful HTML code view window. This would allow you to position your cursor outside the pasted code's closing tag.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/stationery/

So, why do you backspace?