Setting the option “Use English for message flag labels” will change the message labels such as “High Importance” and the predefined labels when using “Flag for Follow-up”. (click on image to enlarge) Use English for message flag labels More than just the subject prefixes will be changed to the English style while your localized interface language is kept. Setting the option “Use English for message headers on replies and forwards and forward notifications” will not only change the subjected prefixes to the English style “RE:” and “FW:” but will also change the quoted message header in the body to English including the day, date and time format. Use English for message headers on replies and forwards With the International Options you can 'hide' that you are using a localized client. Use English for message headers on replies and forwards.Tools-> Options…-> tab: Mail Format-> button: International Options… Use English for message headers on replies and forwards and forward notifications.Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016įile-> Options-> section: Advanced-> option group: International options.The options to control this can be found under “International Options”: Aside from the subject prefixes, there is also an option to do this for message flag labels.

Is there a way to force Outlook to always use the more standard English 'RE' and FW' prefixes?įor this, Outlook has an option to change the message header to English while leaving the rest of Outlook in the localized language. A downside of this is that when replying or forwarding, Outlook also adds localized prefixes to the subjects such as 'AW' and 'WG' (for the German version) which causes confusion with the recipient as they may not be German themselves. We are an international company with international clients but in various countries we offer localized versions of Office and Outlook to our employees.

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