RE: Email format.

[Dennis E. Hamilton]

I'm sorry for your difficulties, Penny.

I think there is some confusion about the different ways that you can send and 
receive emails using Windows 10.  There is a mail tool that is part of Windows 
10 and it will work on the desktop.

You can find that tool, named "Mail" on your start menu.  If you do not see it, 
it is the first item under "M" on the all-programs list.  You can use Mail for 
Windows 10 in full screen and have a large writing surface.  As you change the 
size, notice that paragraph text will be reflowed to automatically fit in the 
area available for the message.  That works for incoming email also.

I just used Mail for Windows 10 to compose an email to you.  I see that it has 
styles (Heading1, etc.) and you can select fonts, font sizes, and even font 
colors in messages you compose.  You will receive it separately.

If you were able to use your Charter account with Windows Live Mail, it should 
also work with Mail for Windows 10.  It may take a little exploration to find 
the ways to set it up.  The arrangements are a little different.  The good news 
is that there is great consistency about this throughout Windows 10, once you 
get the hang of it.

The term "Outlook" is a bit confusing.  It can be used to refer to Outlook.com, 
the email service (formerly called "Hotmail").  It can be used to refer to a 
web site for composing and reading your mail.  It can be used to refer to 
Microsoft software that operates on the desktop and will work with many 
services, including Outlook.com.  

PS: The Mail software has spelling checks automatically and it will 
auto-correct the first letter of a new sentence to be capitalized.  Also, if 
you use Enter to start a new line, that new line is taken as the first line of 
a new paragraph/sentence.  In modern word processing, only use Enter when you 
want to start a new paragraph and let the software automatically flow text from 
line to line in a single paragraph in whatever width of view you (and a 
recipient) are using.

PPS: There are magnifier, text-to-speech and other useful assistance options 
built into Windows 10.

ABOUT YOUR BOOK

Do you know what software you were using to write your book on Windows XP?  I 
think the versions of Word, Excel, etc., on your Windows machine was a trial 
version that was provided free on new computers.  It seems your trial has 
expired.  When the trial expires, it will read documents but not allow you to 
edit them.

There are a variety of alternatives.  But first, we need to know the format of 
your 500page book.

 - Dennis


> -Original Message-
> From: Nikoli A. McCracken [mailto:tursiop...@charter.net]
> Sent: Saturday, August 6, 2016 16:19
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: Email format.
> 
> 
> HI: I was using Windows Live Mail; suddenly, I got a notice from Outlook
> that they would no longer provide service for it. I switched to Outlook.
> BIG mistake! It offers ONE lousy font, and only 4 choices of size. I
> hate it. I tried to go back to Charter, as they are my primary ISP. Same
> problem;
> I hate their format. I’m 78 years old, 100% disabled, and Charter’s
> format is a mess. Two-thirds of the page is taken up with messages,
> address, other
> Notifications, and the area for the actual message is terrible. Also has
> a limited number of fonts. And I have old eyes, and trifocals!
> In addition, I have part of a book I was writing, working on it for over
> 7 years. It did make it safely onto this computer from a backup file I
> had.
> But it seems incapable of merging the old font with any new font,
> because it was first generated on Windows XP. So I can read it, but not
> add to
> It. Do I have to retype all 500 pages?
> Or, will your program help me? I am running Windows 10, downloaded from
> Windows 8.1 during the ‘free download’ period. That’s over. Plus,
> I’m getting weary of their constant demands for money. After just one
> year, I was going to have to buy another edition of Word, Excel, etc.
> And for me, a proofreader, they also do one thing that is the last damn
> straw! The first letter of every sentence in an article or email, is
> Initial cap!
> Who the hey writes like that anymore? Didn’t that go away along about
> Shakespeare’s time? I went to Msoft Tech support, and they blandly said
> There was no way to change it!
> Help!?
> Best wishes, Nikoli A.”Penny” McCracken
> tursiop...@charter.net
> 
> 
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10



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Re: Email format.

[Peter Hillier-Brook]

On 07/08/16 12:08, Maurice Howe wrote:
> I think Nikoli meant "each LINE" (not each SENTENCE).

Probably because he is not allowing automatic wrapping at line end and
is, instead, manually inserting a paragraph at his perception of a line
ending. This would also go some way to explaining his line spacing problem.

Typewriters have a lot to answer for. :-)

> On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 7:04 AM, James Knott  wrote:
> 
>> On 08/06/2016 07:19 PM, Nikoli A. McCracken wrote:
>>> The first letter of every sentence in an article or email, is Initial
>> cap!
>>> Who the hey writes like that anymore?
>>
>> Only those who respect the reader.
>>
>>> Didn’t that go away along about Shakespeare’s time? I went to Msoft Tech
>> support, and they blandly said
>>> There was no way to change it!
>>
>> On this point, you're wrong.  A sentence always starts with a capital.
>> Reading text that does not have capitals is very irritating to the point
>> I often don't bother.
>>
>> Sentence structure, grammar and correct spelling are all there to make
>> it easier to understand what is being said.  The current situation,
>> where those are so often ignored, shows the sad state of behaviour or
>> even education these days.
>>
>>
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Re: Email format.

[Julian Thomas]

> On Aug 7, 2016, at 07:04, James Knott  wrote:
> 
>  A sentence always starts with a capital. 

"iPhones are nice".

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Re: Email format.

[James Plante]

He said “each sentence.” If he meant “each line,” as I suspect, then it’s 
likely because every line ends with a CRLF, so the next line obviously starts a 
new paragraph, in which the initial letter is capitalized, as it should be. 

Nikoli, for an e-mail client, you can try Thunderbird. Many folks use this free 
software. I don’t so I cannot talk about its features. Get it free at 
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/
Load it up and try it out. If you don’t like it, just remove it.

Now, just what are you trying to do with that book? Your post implies that 
you’re trying to open it in an e-mail client? Or are you trying to open it in 
OpenOffice? If the latter, I think you’re opening it in read-only mode. So open 
it, select all, copy that text, and paste it into a new text document. You 
should be able to edit that one. Save it before you start working on it though.

If that doesn’t work, the write back some more. That “initial cap” problem is 
easy to solve if you know about regular expressions, so don’t try to do it by 
hand. You’re using a word processor, not a typewriter, so let the word 
processor determine where to end the lines; you just type until you get to the 
end of a paragraph (not a line), THEN hit the return key. 

Jim Plante

> On Aug 7, 2016, at 6:08 AM, Maurice Howe  wrote:
> 
> I think Nikoli meant "each LINE" (not each SENTENCE).
> 
> On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 7:04 AM, James Knott  wrote:
> 
>> On 08/06/2016 07:19 PM, Nikoli A. McCracken wrote:
>>> The first letter of every sentence in an article or email, is Initial
>> cap!
>>> Who the hey writes like that anymore?
>> 
>> Only those who respect the reader.
>> 
>>> Didn’t that go away along about Shakespeare’s time? I went to Msoft Tech
>> support, and they blandly said
>>> There was no way to change it!
>> 
>> On this point, you're wrong.  A sentence always starts with a capital.
>> Reading text that does not have capitals is very irritating to the point
>> I often don't bother.
>> 
>> Sentence structure, grammar and correct spelling are all there to make
>> it easier to understand what is being said.  The current situation,
>> where those are so often ignored, shows the sad state of behaviour or
>> even education these days.
>> 
>> 
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Re: Email format.

[James Knott]

On 08/06/2016 07:19 PM, Nikoli A. McCracken wrote:
> The first letter of every sentence in an article or email, is Initial cap!
> Who the hey writes like that anymore?

Only those who respect the reader.

> Didn’t that go away along about Shakespeare’s time? I went to Msoft Tech 
> support, and they blandly said
> There was no way to change it! 

On this point, you're wrong.  A sentence always starts with a capital. 
Reading text that does not have capitals is very irritating to the point
I often don't bother.

Sentence structure, grammar and correct spelling are all there to make
it easier to understand what is being said.  The current situation,
where those are so often ignored, shows the sad state of behaviour or
even education these days.


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Re: Email format.

[Martin Groenescheij]

OpenOffice is not an email program, in that way it will not help with 
your email problems.
OpenOffice is an Office program with Writer as an equivalent for Word 
and Calc for Excell
In Writer (Word) you are able to use every font that is installed on 
your computer, you are

in control of setting for Initial Caps or not.
This said you need to understand to work with Styles and it takes time 
to learn this.


The good news is that OpenOffice never ask for money, but make sure you 
only download

it from www.openoffice.org


On 07/08/16 9:19 AM, Nikoli A. McCracken wrote:

HI: I was using Windows Live Mail; suddenly, I got a notice from Outlook that 
they would no longer provide service for it. I switched to Outlook.
BIG mistake! It offers ONE lousy font, and only 4 choices of size. I hate it. I 
tried to go back to Charter, as they are my primary ISP. Same problem;
I hate their format. I’m 78 years old, 100% disabled, and Charter’s format is a 
mess. Two-thirds of the page is taken up with messages, address, other
Notifications, and the area for the actual message is terrible. Also has a 
limited number of fonts. And I have old eyes, and trifocals!
In addition, I have part of a book I was writing, working on it for over 7 
years. It did make it safely onto this computer from a backup file I had.
But it seems incapable of merging the old font with any new font, because it 
was first generated on Windows XP. So I can read it, but not add to
It. Do I have to retype all 500 pages?
Or, will your program help me? I am running Windows 10, downloaded from Windows 
8.1 during the ‘free download’ period. That’s over. Plus,
I’m getting weary of their constant demands for money. After just one year, I 
was going to have to buy another edition of Word, Excel, etc.
And for me, a proofreader, they also do one thing that is the last damn straw! 
The first letter of every sentence in an article or email, is Initial cap!
Who the hey writes like that anymore? Didn’t that go away along about 
Shakespeare’s time? I went to Msoft Tech support, and they blandly said
There was no way to change it!
Help!?
Best wishes, Nikoli A.”Penny” McCracken
tursiop...@charter.net
  


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Email format.

[Nikoli A. McCracken]

HI: I was using Windows Live Mail; suddenly, I got a notice from Outlook that 
they would no longer provide service for it. I switched to Outlook.
BIG mistake! It offers ONE lousy font, and only 4 choices of size. I hate it. I 
tried to go back to Charter, as they are my primary ISP. Same problem;
I hate their format. I’m 78 years old, 100% disabled, and Charter’s format is a 
mess. Two-thirds of the page is taken up with messages, address, other
Notifications, and the area for the actual message is terrible. Also has a 
limited number of fonts. And I have old eyes, and trifocals!
In addition, I have part of a book I was writing, working on it for over 7 
years. It did make it safely onto this computer from a backup file I had.
But it seems incapable of merging the old font with any new font, because it 
was first generated on Windows XP. So I can read it, but not add to
It. Do I have to retype all 500 pages?
Or, will your program help me? I am running Windows 10, downloaded from Windows 
8.1 during the ‘free download’ period. That’s over. Plus,
I’m getting weary of their constant demands for money. After just one year, I 
was going to have to buy another edition of Word, Excel, etc. 
And for me, a proofreader, they also do one thing that is the last damn straw! 
The first letter of every sentence in an article or email, is Initial cap!
Who the hey writes like that anymore? Didn’t that go away along about 
Shakespeare’s time? I went to Msoft Tech support, and they blandly said
There was no way to change it! 
Help!?
Best wishes, Nikoli A.”Penny” McCracken
tursiop...@charter.net 
 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10