Formatting Messages with Outlook Express (HTML Bootcamp)

FreeRepublic ^ | July 20, 2002 | dinasour

[dinasour]

I will monitor this thread and try to answer any questions that I can.

[Jakarta ex-pat]

Go back to DU, CLYMER!

[dinasour]

Go back to DU, Clymer!

[Jakarta ex-pat]

I hope you know I was only joking :-)

[dinasour]

Of Course

[Carolina]

And, of course, there is no spelling cheecker.

ROTFL! You're cheeky.

[dinasour]

I try.

[dinasour]

'Jus trying to do my part for my FRiends.

[kcpopps]

I often use the method you describe, even though I know HTML pretty well. It's just so much faster. Sometimes I save messages that I know I may want to use again later.

I use the same version of Outlook Express as you mentioned too. I once installed the full Outlook program,but as far as I could tell, it did not have the source button available where I could edit the message HTML.

For that reason only, I uninstalled it and stayed with Express. (perhaps I just missed it - can anyone tell me?)

[dinasour]

I have both Outlook and Outlook Express installed. You should be able to run them separately, although only one of them will be your default email program. You may have to restore the shortcut for Outlook Express.

[ActionNewsBill]

Just Testing    Thanks for showing this...

It Really saves a lot of time for me.  A real shortcut

 

    What else can I do?

[timpad]

Go Back to DU, Clymer!

 

Cool! Thanks!

[chnsmok]

here

 

 

cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[supercat]

I'm still waiting for JR to implement a style-property filter so I can do more precise formatting--especially with tables--than is possible without the style tag. One of my favorite tricks used to be to use tables to overlay graphics on images; without the style tag, such formatting gets altered based upon a user's "font size" selection.

[gcruse]

For those with Netscape Communicator, the Composer function is an HTML editor that allows you to compose, change fonts, add pics, etc, until you like what you see. Then do view
source and paste as with Outlook. It is much faster than trying to type in HTML codes while making your message.

[dinasour]

I will have to check that out. Being a good drone, I tend to gravitate to Microsoft products. Also, as a geek, what I really wanted was the spell checker, more so than format tools.

 

There are also tons of HTML editors out there For Example, but they tend to be optimized for complex web pages. The editor in Outlook is optimized (or simplified) for messages and I find that convenient.

[dinasour]

What else can I do?

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Well what do you what to do? (That was the insert horizontal line tool).

 

You will note, that when I quoted your message, I got the font and colors (mostly). All I had to do is select the text from my browser and paste it in my message window. No muss, no fuss. This trick may also work when you are composing articles from a web page, although as noted in message #15 not all the HTML thingies are supported by JimRob so you will have to be sure that preview looks ok.

 

If you are composing your magnum opus, you may want to take a while to consider it.  Click on File/Save and your message will be saved in "drafts" so you can review it when you are sober.

 

Also for your magnum opus, you may want to paste your message into Word, if you have it. Had I done that here, I would have found a few more stupid-non-spelling errors.

 

Another think that I like, is that because I am composing in a separate window, it's easier to surf around to find links, etc., without losing my place.

 

 

[dinasour]

Not quite, try here.

 

You need to paste over the initial http stuff.

[dinasour]

What I am waiting for is the ability to edit my message. JimRob's counterpart across the pond has this.

 

No matter how many times I try to proof it, there is always something like:

 

Go create an forum message...

 

Instead of

 

To create a forum message...

 

Some day, they will create a spell check that knows what I mean, rather than what I say.