It doesn't do that on my OE. Even before I set it, mine never has done that. First, you should always send email in plain text, unless of course the email warrants the use of Rich Text (HTML format).
Go to "Tools", "Options", "Send", then you'll see the buttons at the bottom for "Mail sending format" and you can set the character widths there. On mine however, the wrap text area is grayed out for HTML settings. You have to select "None" in the drop-down for "Encoding text using:" for the text wrap area to be active. For plain text, you have to pick a low number, if you don't, after someone receives your email it will usually have uneven lines. I had to set mine to 63 characters, this usually covers all bases. I haven't noticed this for HTML mail, probably because it sort of works as a webpage does. It might be that this is happening to you with HTML email if that drop-down area is set to "None", then you may need to change the number appearing there. When it's set to "Quoted printable", it apparently doesn't apply. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Slack, Town of Hartland" Hi all, I am helping with a brand new Dell that is running Windows XP Home and Outlook Express. Since I use Outlook instead of OE, I am not real familiar with it. When composing a new email message, OE does not wrap the text within the window - it just keeps running it right off the page. How do I change this so it wraps the text inside the window as I type it? (I have outgoing email set to HTML as opposed to plain text. Does that make a difference?) Thanks! Janet ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
