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Outlook Plain-Text Viewer

How can I view the plain text part of a message in Outlook. Or, rather, since that's actually impossible, is there a plugin or standalone app I can drag a msg into, to see what the plain text part of an email contains?

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Guest [Entry]

"This article on About.com should help you. It looks like it covers Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007:

In summary:

Open registry editor Start -> Run -> regedit -> OK
Go to the following entry

Outlook 2003: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Mail
Outlook 2007: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Options\Mail
Outlook 2010: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Options\Mail
Outlook 2013: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Options\Mail
Outlook 2016: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Mail

On the menu bar, select Edit -> New -> DWord

For 32-bit Office, select DWORD(32-bit) Value
For 64-bit Office, select DWORD(64-bit) Value

Type SaveAllMIMENotJustHeaders
Hit Enter
On the menu bar, select Edit -> Modify
Type 1
Click OK
Close the registry editor
Restart Outlook if it has been running"