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Date: 2025-07-24 08:17:07
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It seems, Outlook 365 converts whitespace when pasting.

Screenshot of notepad ++ before pasting into Outlook:

Screenshot from Notepad++ that shows the same whitespace for every instance.

and after pasting into Outlook:

Screenshot from Notepad++ showing a mixture of whitespace types.

The default font of Outlook 365 (at the time of writing this) is Aptos - which is a non-monospace font. This means, not all symbols (including whitespace) have the same apparent width. Changing to a monospace variant (e.g. Aptos Mono) solves this issue:

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Posted by: Dschoni