it is disabled for security purposes, because you can destroy forum layout by writing mailcious html code. But as alternative you can use bb code or graphical editor (like in ms word) for simple text formating. If you will need some more help- post here and someone will reply or PM me
While you can control the look of your posts, you can not do this with HTML. It is a code called BB that used brackets "[ ]" instead of the typical closing tags "< >".