Sorry Alan, I did not wish to confuse you.
 I know I confuse myself sometimes with the way my lateral thinking mind works.
I don't alway make sense to myself... ;-))

Cheers,
Ronni

Sent from Ronni's iPad

On 10/04/2012, at 3:36 PM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Hi Ronni
> 
> Yes, I now "read" what you "wrote".  I  had taken a different slant on your 
> response.     I use the change font size commands all the time in Safari 
> without conscious effort, but from now on I will be quite confused if I need 
> 2 or 3 keys!
> 
> Cheers
> Alan
> 
> On 10/04/2012, at 3:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> That is correct behaviour as I mentioned below "It should read as the keys  
> “Command - =“  because to type  “+”  you depress the shift key ;-))"
> 
> A little bit confusing for some...
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad
> 
> On 10/04/2012, at 3:05 PM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
>> To add to the confusion - - -
>> 
>> With Mail (v4.5) on my iMac (OS 10.6.8)  "Command =" works just as well as 
>> "Command +" to increase the font size of emails!
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Alan
>> 
>> On 10/04/2012, at 1:19 PM, Bill Parker wrote:
>> 
>> I have no usage for command and + that I know of.   It works fine in 
>> FireFox, and used to work in Mail (I think)
>> Bill
>> On 10/04/2012, at 11:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> Actually Bill if we wish to be exact in our terminology.
>>> It should read as the keys  “Command - =“  because to type  “+”  you 
>>> depress the shift key ;-))
>>> To type = you don’t depress any key other than =  
>>> 
>>> But Apple do say “Command - +” to enlarge Text?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 10/04/2012, at 11:46 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Bill,
>>>> 
>>>> You are correct Bill;  “Command - + “ works to make text larger
>>>> So does “Command - Shift - +” works to make text larger.
>>>> 
>>>> You might have “Command-+” set for some other keyboard sort cut perhaps?
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ronni
>>>> 
>>>> On 10/04/2012, at 11:19 AM, Bill Parker wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Aha... but I was thinking it was Command + because that is what I see in 
>>>>> the Format menu!
>>>>> B
>>>>> On 10/04/2012, at 11:13 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Bill,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The Keyboard shortcut is "Command - Shift - +"
>>>>>> Not "Command - +"
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Ronni
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 10/04/2012, at 11:05 AM, Bill Parker wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have my text size for message in Mail set at Comic Sans MS 18.  This 
>>>>>>> is fine for outgoings and mostly for incoming.  However I usually 
>>>>>>> enlarge texts where needed.  I can do this by going:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Format > Style>Bigger.   (It works)  But I prefer keyboard strokes:  
>>>>>>> Command and +  This does *not* work. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Is there something that needs resetting to get back the keyboard 
>>>>>>> operation?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Macbook Pro 10.6.8
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Bill
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