Tasks rich text support

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Lowie
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Tasks rich text support

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I cannot find the way to format text in the task descrpition: add colors, fonts, hyperlinks,...
Is this not possible at all ?
Or can an addon be installed to do this?
Thanks for help
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Hi,
Have you checked the Account Settings etc., & Options to use HTML?
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Hi
Yes HTMLis activated: in my mails rich text formatting is OK, but not at all in the tasks.
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What happens when you start to compose a message?
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Re: Tasks rich text support

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When I create a new task (or a new event = same interfacel) I cannot format the text I enter in the description field. I see no tools to do it or by using the right mouse key I cannot see any formatting tools.
I repeat: formatting text in an e-mail works fine.
Strange?
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Moving to Calendar forum as this is not a Thunderbird question.
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OK for the move--> are there users that use rich text in tasks ?
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As you've already understood by now, it's not possible. The Description field for tasks is a normal input text box, different from that one in Thunderbird for e-mails body text.
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