Hi, I'm flashygram or just flashy if you prefer.  I should have named me Ms. Puter Illiterate.    Seven months ago my hubby of 32 years passed away.  He told me one TIME he could just click a couple of keys and delete all those annoying > that appear down the left side of a lot of e-mails.  I was not concerned since he always got rid of them before I got the goodies.  Now that he is gone, it seems most of my treasured e-mails have a long trail of them!  Removing them 1 or 2 at a time is a real pain but I hate passing on the goods with them on it.  PLEASE does anyone know how to eliminate them before I SAVE or pass on the mail?  I know this is a rather simple issue but I want my e-mails to look nice so I use IncrediMail a lot.  Thanks to all who respond.  And, remember, I am somewhat COMPUTER illiterate!Download e-mail stripper, put it on your desktop, run it and then copy text in, strip it, and paste it back. It's even easier than it sounds and it's free!

http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htmGood MORNING GX!  Thanks so much for the info. I have to admit my heart pounded several times while trying the stripper.  I have a shortcut on the desktop and also an icon on my taskbar since I find it hard to get back to my desktop without closing everything else.  Anyway, it WORKED BUT when I get to the copy click it says it will copy it to the clipboard.  I cannot find my clipboard only when I go to MS Word.  It that where I'm supposed to copy it and save so I can send it to others as an attachment?  I'm stumped.. I did try going to start> accessories>system tools but clipboard is not listed there.  I even did a search for it and found nothing.
Remember, I WARNED you I was Ms.CI.
Also, since I have your attention - is there a faster way to move all the lines of text up without doing each line separately with the backspace key?  You are great in helping all us "not computer smart" people.  I've looked to take classes but I just want the basics and most want to start with Word and do more complicated things.  Thanks again so much for answering my post!!  God Bless ...Put your mouse anywhere in the text you want to copy and click once. Control+A higfhlights all of the test. Control+C copies it all to the Windows clipboard (you don't need to see it.) Open e-mail stripper click once in the editing area. Control+V pastes the text from the clipboard in there. Press strip-it button, and then copy and paste text back where you want it.

Drag the e-mail stripper icon to the menu bar (next to the start button) and it will always be accessible.