Mail.app is not many people’s preferred e-mail client. Indeed, it is missing some key editing features – like the ability to insert tables in an email message – which can be a deal breaker for a lot of us. I use it because it is fast and lightweight, and unlike some of the other email clients I’ve tried (Outlook and Thunderbird), it is a first-class Mac citizen.

Here some tips for working with text in Mail.app.

a.) If you select a block of text while reading an email, and hit Command+R to reply to it, Mail.app will automatically “quote” just the selected text in your reply.

b.) You can paste selected text from a web site or another document into your email in 3 ways:

1. By using Command + V – which will paste the selected text with its original formatting

2. By using Command + Shift + V – which will quote the selected text in your message

3. By using Command + Alt + Shift + V – which will strip off all formatting from the selected text and paste it using your message’s formatting (this is like pasting plain text into your message).

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