Thanks Ronni,
That bit of script below works a treat. Bill On 11/04/2012, at 3:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi People who have been following this subject, > > We have exhausted every way of making Mail Text larger, but please bear with > me just for one last response. > > I have been annoyed for years with incoming mail from Windows Users showing > much smaller than other incoming mail. > I actually get annoyed that Windows Users even email me… (only kidding Wendy > at work, who uses a Mac in her ‘Real Life' ;-)) > > Well, today I was determined to solve this annoying problem, and I have > achieved what I set out to achieve. > My eyes are not as good as they used to be, (it’s not anything to do with > ‘Age’ Daniel)… it’s spending anything up to 20 hours a day working on > computer screens. So I like my email font at size16… > > The Solution: > > The tiny font problem usually involves HTML mail coming from Windows users > (why don’t they get a Mac to email me)! > Fortunately, you can set Mail to have a minimum that it will use for HTML > messages... but you have to go to the Terminal for it. > > 1. Quit Mail > 2. Open Terminal.app > 3. Copy & Paste in the following command: > > defaults write com.apple.mail MinimumHTMLFontSize 16 > > Note that you can use any size you like, it does not have to be 16. For eyes > that can see well, probably 12. > If you don't like it, run the command again with a different number. > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.7.3 Lion > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > 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 > > -- 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> -- 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>
