Hello Ali,
Monday, November 22, 1999, 5:23:14 PM, you wrote:
AM> Pasquale J. Festa Sr. wrote:
AM>>> I'm trying to figure out what you mean by what you are saying but my
AM>>> guess is that your text line lengths are erratic because you are
AM>>> re-editing already wrapped text without the autoformat feature
AM>>> switched on. In this case, you can reformat the offending block of
AM>>> text by pressing Alt+L (left justify) when the cursor is anywhere
AM>>> within text block.
AM>>> NB// Alt+L will not work if the cursor is positioned in the text block
AM>>> area with the mouse. You have to position it with the keyboard.
>> They are erratic even if I receive from other group members and do
>> nothing.
AM> You can't really do much about the formatting of the messages sent by
AM> other members. The editor options will not affect the formatting of
AM> messages received. The most that The Bat! will do for you is
AM> automatically wrap text in received messages if it would have gone off
AM> the message viewer window. This is why I'm a stickler for a decent
AM> e-mail editor. I need to know that what my recipient gets is what I
AM> see in front of me and that it's presentable. This level of control is
AM> supported by TB! and only a few others, namely, Pegasus Mail and
AM> Forte' Agent.
AM> All those editor options are for *you* to have control over what *you*
AM> type.
>> I basically have everything checked under edit preferences.
AM> Avoid simply checking all of them since some incur standard
AM> functionality and others do not.
AM> For instance if the 'persistent blocks' option is checked it will
AM> cause unnerving resistance of selected text to being deleted.
AM> I suggest that you spend a few moments experimenting as well as going
AM> through the editor related stuff in the help file. You will then have
AM> the power of a flexible editor at your fingertips.
>> I want to see everything left justify and looking proper no matter
>> who's letter I see.
AM> Can't happen. Just make sure that *your* messages look good and
AM> hopefully others will envy their appearance and want to do the same.
AM> This is what netiquette is all about and you're simply falling victim
AM> to it. :)
Are you ready for this? I checked everything and my fonts was set for
courier new size 12, as soon as I set it to size 10 everything is
fine, as soon as you change the font size the messages get truncated.
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Best regards,
Pasquale mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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