Mysterious blank lines in Outlook
I have found a strange behaviour in Outlook. It has happend to me a couple of times. It's perhaps nothing important, but I think it's very weird... I'd be grateful if someone could tell me what's causing it!

Create a new e-mail in Outlook. (I use Outlook 2010.) Then paste the following (Swedish) text:

    Även den nya KOBRASERV-versionen måste ut till kunderna. Observera dock, som vi sa innan, att servern inte har någon versionskontroll mot klient/COBOL. Den nya servern får absolut inte installeras i en miljö där det fortfarande finns kvar INSPECT på COBOL-sidan. Då kommer packning av [502]-meddelanden att göra att export från DR går märkbart långsammare med den nya servern än med den gamla... Dock bör servern finnas på plats när den nya klienten installeras, för att dra nytta av den snabbare bearbetningen.
    
    Så installationsordningen bör vara COBOL-program,

(Maybe you first have to paste it in e.g. Notepad, so that you just get the unformated text.)

There was one blank line between the paragraphs in the original text, right? But when you paste it in an e-mail you get two. Try to delete the extra line, then save (Ctrl-S) the e-mail and close the window. Then open the e-mail again. And the extra blank line is back...

I've done a lot of tests. E.g. moved the text to Notepad and inspected it with a hex editor - there are no hidden control characters. And if I remove some of the text the problem disappears. It is just this sequence of characters in the first paragraph that causes Outlook to add an extra newline - a newline you can't get rid off...

Does anybody know what this is? Is there any way to avoid it?

Best regards

Anders from Sweden

Mysterious blank lines in Outlook
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I have found a strange behaviour in Outlook. It has happend to me a couple of times. It's perhaps nothing important, but I think it's very weird... I'd be grateful if someone could tell me what's causing it!

Create a new e-mail in Outlook. (I use Outlook 2010.) Then paste the following (Swedish) text:

    Även den nya KOBRASERV-versionen måste ut till kunderna. Observera dock, som vi sa innan, att servern inte har någon versionskontroll mot klient/COBOL. Den nya servern får absolut inte installeras i en miljö där det fortfarande finns kvar INSPECT på COBOL-sidan. Då kommer packning av [502]-meddelanden att göra att export från DR går märkbart långsammare med den nya servern än med den gamla... Dock bör servern finnas på plats när den nya klienten installeras, för att dra nytta av den snabbare bearbetningen.
    
    Så installationsordningen bör vara COBOL-program,

(Maybe you first have to paste it in e.g. Notepad, so that you just get the unformated text.)

There was one blank line between the paragraphs in the original text, right? But when you paste it in an e-mail you get two. Try to delete the extra line, then save (Ctrl-S) the e-mail and close the window. Then open the e-mail again. And the extra blank line is back...

I've done a lot of tests. E.g. moved the text to Notepad and inspected it with a hex editor - there are no hidden control characters. And if I remove some of the text the problem disappears. It is just this sequence of characters in the first paragraph that causes Outlook to add an extra newline - a newline you can't get rid off...

Does anybody know what this is? Is there any way to avoid it?

Best regards

Anders from Sweden
