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c#htmloutlookoffice-interop

c# provide highlighted text to outlook html mail message

I am providing following HTML text to outlook :

<span style="background-color:yellow;">test</span>

I am providing this with Interop:

mailItem.To = ...;
mailItem.Subject = ...;
mailItem.HTMLBody = result.Data.Content;

However, in Outlook, I can not remove the the highlight.

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How to format the HTML so Outlook will recognize it as a 'highlighted' text?

Solution

  • Try changing your span to:

    <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>

    It looks like Microsoft has some specialized attributes.