From: VanguardLH on
Bob I wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:
>
>> Juli wrote:
>>
>>>I'm attempting to set tabs in an Outlook message. I'm unable to find how to
>>>view the ruler in order to set the tabs. I believe it used to be in the View
>>>drop down menu, but it's no longer there.
>>
>> Not an Outlook issue since the ruler is a feature of Word.
>>
>> Outlook's embedded new-mail editor does not have a ruler. Word has a
>> ruler. To use Word, you need to select Word as the new-mail editor (in
>> Outlook 2007, you're stuck using Word 2007).
>>
>> In Word's e-mail template, the View -> Ruler menu entry is disabled
>> until you change focus to the body of the e-mail (since the ruler has no
>> meaning elsewhere).
>>
>> Mentioning WHICH version of Outlook that you use can let respondents
>> help you that know or use that particular version.
>
> In 2007 the ruler is activated by clicking the "View ruler" button in
> the upper right corner of the message pane.

Yep, because in Outlook 2007 you are using (and stuck with using) *WORD*
as the new-mail editor. We'll have to wait until the OP responds to
find out which version Outlook that THEY use.