Hi Michael, You don’t need to print it … just 'Save as PDF', then read it and when finished reading just trash it if no longer needed. File > Print - click the PDF button then Save As PDF (& save it to your desktop). This way you save the trees ;-)
Cheers, Ronni On 17/02/2012, at 3:57 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: > Thanks Ronni. > > The environmentalists will not like it, but I've changed preferences in Print > from "Keep the same apparent font size" to "Rewrap message to fit". As a > result the number of pages required to this email chain increases from 2 > pages to 5 but I can read it much more easily. > > LCD font smoothing was already selected. > > Thanks again, > > Michael. > > On 17/02/2012, at 2:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> >> My email Preferences for viewing are all 16. Printing is handled by your >> printer print settings. >> You do have A4 Paper Size selected & Scale 100% >> When you go File > Print in the print settings select ‘Rewrap message to >> fit’ which prints larger. >> >> If you are having difficulty reading text on the screen, go to System >> Preferences > General select ‘Use LCD font smoothing when available. >> I also make my cursor a bit larger than default … System Preferences > >> Universal Access pane, switch to the Mouse & Trackpad view, and adjust the >> Cursor Size slider. >> >> If text is too small,make it bigger… when you are writing, change the font >> size temporarily; even if the final font size will be 14, set it at 18 while >> you work. >> In Safari > Preferences - Appearance Standard font: Times 16 (or whatever >> suits your eyes) Fixed-width font (select what suits) >> In Safari > Preferences > Advanced - Universal Access: never use font sizes >> smaller than 14 (or whatever suits you) >> >> You can have your Mac read Text to you to save your eyes. Open the Speech >> pane of System Preferences and switch to the Text to Speech view. >> In the System Voice pop-up menu, choose Customise. You’ll see a dialogue >> listing voices in many languages. Select one that corresponds to your system >> language, and press Play to hear a sample. I like Daniel (not Daniel Kerr, I >> mean I really like Daniel Kerr, but I don’t use his voice to read text to me >> ;-) The Daniel on my MBP sounds like British radio announcer. Daniel is one >> voice that isn’t already installed on your Mac you need to enable his >> checkbox and click OK and Software Update will install it for you. >> >> That is a few suggestions to perhaps help you. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 17/02/2012, at 1:30 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: >> >>> Hi Ronni and thanks, >>> >>> I use Classic mode and I use Rules for 90 odd mailboxes. I vet mail by >>> using my iPhone. I find I make fewer mistakes that way. I can't work out >>> how to get a decent font size in Mail. Even though I've selected Helvetica >>> and 14 in the preferences for Mail Fonts & Colours, the emails I print out >>> print in what looks to be smaller than 8 and the size is not much larger >>> than that on the screen when I'm reading emails. Perhaps font size is >>> dictated by whatever the sender of the emails is using. I'm having to peer >>> at the screen when proof-reading this reply. >>> >>> Catch you later, >>> >>> Michael. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 17/02/2012, at 12:47 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Michael, >>>> >>>> My computer is not used for entertainment either, it is my work computer. >>>> >>>> Have you tried using "Classic Mode" in Mail, which is similar to Snow >>>> Leopard Mail? >>>> Might make it easier for you to sort through your email boxes to delete >>>> messages. >>>> I use "classic Mode" sometimes to quickly skim through the emails that >>>> come in over night, so I can prioritise messages that require my attention. >>>> >>>> I use Rules to move messages out of Inbox to approx 50 mailboxes. >>>> >>>> I don't like grey, so have colour icons in my Finder Sidebar and in iTunes. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad >>>> >>>> On 17/02/2012, at 12:22 PM, Michael Hawkins >>>> <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ronda, >>>>> I didn't install it. I had the misfortune of having to replace my MacBook >>>>> Pro a couple of months after extended Apple care expired. Lion was on the >>>>> be MacBook. My computer is used for business purposes, not entertainment. >>>>> Mail is tiresome. Hopefully it will become as efficient as it is on the >>>>> iPhone in terms of download speed and being able to whip through the >>>>> emails to delete what I don't to read. And as far as I'm concerned grey >>>>> is the new beige. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Michael. >>>>> >>>>> On 17/02/2012, at 12:00 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 17/02/2012, at 11:19 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Lion is a pain in the butt to use. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I hope that Mountain Lion isn't a more powerful pain. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Michael Hawkins. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Michael, >>>>>> >>>>>> Boy, I don’t know why you upgraded to Lion, you have done nothing but >>>>>> complain about Lion ever since you installed it. >>>>>> Sure, we have all experienced things in Lion that are so very different >>>>>> to any other operating system we have become used to, but this is not >>>>>> necessary all bad. >>>>>> Lion is a learning curve from Snow Leopard and we have had to learn “How >>>>>> to use Lion” and how to customise it to suit the way we work. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mountain Lion is going to be more iOS than Lion is, Mountain Lion is >>>>>> building on Lion and it is the way Apple is moving into the future. >>>>>> Mountain Lion from what I have read is going to be a very secure >>>>>> operating system. Gatekeeper is a significant advance in the history of >>>>>> Mac security. >>>>>> Gatekeeper should ensure that we never see a Mac malware epidemic. It >>>>>> limits the kind of downloaded applications that will run on a Mac. >>>>>> >>>>>> I read these comments online and I agree with this person: >>>>>> /Extract taken from: >>>>>> Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Stalks iOS: >>>>>> >>>>>> This upgrade from 10.7 Snow Leopard to 10.8 Mountain Lion isn’t meant to >>>>>> be a major overhaul like the one we saw moving from 10.6 Snow Leopard to >>>>>> 10.7 Lion. The core user experience remains largely the same, with a >>>>>> series of enhancements that build on the changes made in Lion. >>>>>> >>>>>> If Apple pulls this off it will be one of the most ambitious leaps in >>>>>> the history of consumer technology. >>>>>> Just as the Mac changed desktop computing, the iPod changed the way we >>>>>> listen to music, and the iPhone transformed the mobile phone into >>>>>> something from science fiction, the overlap of iCloud, Lion, and iOS >>>>>> could change everything we know about personal computing. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mountain Lion is the clearest indication yet that Apple shares this >>>>>> vision, and if they succeed, how we use our computers, tablets, phones, >>>>>> and perhaps even televisions will never be the same. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Ronni >>>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
