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Windows Forum / Outlook Express / General Topics / February 2008Moving R/H MARGIN
When composing an email is it possible to move the margin on the right the way the lefthand side can be indented? I receive junk emails that are centred on the page - how do they do that - does anybody know? Many thanks  SignatureLibraLady1 -- LibraLady1 A1. No. A2. In an HTML message, use the Center option in the formatting toolbar. Signature~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ > When composing an email is it possible to move the margin on the right the > way the lefthand side can be indented? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > -- > LibraLady1 When I said I have received emails that are in the centre I mean they are in the centre of the page - justified - with a two inch margin either side. SignatureLibraLady1 You are replying to yourself, which doesn't help anyone keep track of what you are asking about. Please respond to the poster you want to ask/continue the questions with. You have no control of how received messages were formatted by the sender. If they put the text, or graphic, in the center, then WYSIWYG. SignatureBruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA > When I said I have received emails that are in the centre I mean they are > in > the centre of the page - justified - with a two inch margin either side. I am sorry I was replying to myself - I thought I was replying to PA Bear - I had in fact sent a reply to PA Bear a few minutes before - but apparently that got lost in the post as it didn't appear! So I am sorry if I am confusing everybody but I am new to this! And in reply to your message - I do realise that I have no control over other peoples emails to me - what I am trying to do is emulate them! Is this clear enough for you? SignatureLibraLady1 > You are replying to yourself, which doesn't help anyone keep track of what > you are asking about. Please respond to the poster you want to ask/continue [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > in > > the centre of the page - justified - with a two inch margin either side. TeresaEllen, I suggest you try the privatenews.microsoft.com group, microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress.stationery I think that's the right link but I'm sure Bruce or P A Bear can tell you how to access it. Someone there will be able to see you through. I know how to do it but am only a novice myself. Good luck! I am sorry I was replying to myself - I thought I was replying to PA Bear - I had in fact sent a reply to PA Bear a few minutes before - but apparently that got lost in the post as it didn't appear! So I am sorry if I am confusing everybody but I am new to this! And in reply to your message - I do realise that I have no control over other peoples emails to me - what I am trying to do is emulate them! Is this clear enough for you? SignatureLibraLady1 "Bruce Hagen" wrote: > You are replying to yourself, which doesn't help anyone keep > track of what [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > the centre of the page - justified - with a two inch margin > > either side. > When composing an email is it possible to move the margin on the > right the > way the lefthand side can be indented? Outlook Express is not a full-fledged HTML editor. If you want to compose an e-mail that can utilize everything available in HTML then you will need to use a better HTML editor, one that also lets you send e-mail from that editor. Outlook Express provides enough HTML formatting capabilities to compose "normal" e-mails, not everyone that a spammer might like, or some marketing boob, or someone enamored with formatting that does nothing to add content to their message. > I receive junk emails that are centred on the page - how do they do > that - > does anybody know? They compose using HTML formatting. Vanguard - thank you for your reply. As I have only ever used emails in a "working environment" I am at a loss to know how I do I find a "better HTML editor" . I have tried composing me emails in Word and copying it but it doesn't work that way - they just default back. Also do I note a hint of sarcasm in your post - because I like to embellish my emails? ---- LibraLady1 > > When composing an email is it possible to move the margin on the > > right the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > They compose using HTML formatting. > Vanguard - thank you for your reply. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > just > default back. Don't copy and paste from Word. Firstly, you are copying the rendered version of the content into OE which may not contain all the formatting codes. Secondly, OE is not a full-fledged HTML editor and will not understand all the HTML codes that Word will use. You need to get the body of your message inserted into an e-mail *without* OE touching or parsing that input. Use the File -> Send To -> Mail Recipient menu. Do your indenting in Word and then e-mail that document. Word should convert to HTML. Word, by the way, is a lousy HTML editor but it is something that many users know how to use. There is a LOT of bloat added to HTML-formatted e-mails created by Word. Besides just plain bad HTML coding practices, Word also adds directives to those e-mails that only Word can understand (i.e., they are not HTML coding but special to Word). In other words, Word doesn't create purely HTML-formatted e-mails; however, most users don't go get an HTML editor to compose their e-mails. They just use whatever HTML their e-mail client supports regardless of what gets stuck into the e-mail. I believe Word has a web or HTML view mode so you can see what your e-mail might look like; however, remember that e-mail users often read e-mails in MUCH smaller preview panes or windows than when viewing a Word document in a fully maximized window. Thank you for your explicit instructions. I have just carried them out and sent the email to myself. I have not yet received it. Perhaps I did something wrong. 1. Opened a new document in Word. 2. Clicked on the email tab – which brought up the address bar 3. Addressed it to myself. 4. I then copied in some text 5. Then I clicked on File 6. Clicked on Send to 7. Clicked on Mail Recipient. 15 minutes later – no email. I am sorry if this is long-winded but I am old as well!! Can you make any amendments to this or am I flogging a dead horse! SignatureLibraLady1 > > Vanguard - thank you for your reply. > > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > MUCH smaller preview panes or windows than when viewing a Word > document in a fully maximized window. > Thank you for your explicit instructions. I have just carried them > out and [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > I am sorry if this is long-winded but I am old as well!! Was Outlook running at the time you sent the e-mail from Word? Items that are programmatically added to Outlook's Outbox do not get sent. That is because only a stub of code for Outlook got loaded to accept the program that sent it the message to send. Once the item is sent to Outlook, Outlook then exits which means Outlook isn't around anymore to do the sending. When you open Outlook, you will see the item sitting in your Outbox. Because it wasn't Outlook that created the new item in Outbox, Outlook doesn't get triggered to send the item. You have to open the item and Send it (again). Yeah, a pain, and another reason why I never bother using Word to send e-mails (but then any program that programmatically sends e-mail [to Outlook] has the same problem [with Outlook]). You send a message to whatever is the currently selected default MAPI client. If that is Outlook, enough of Outlook loads to accept the message and then Outlook exits. Because Outlook is not running after accepting the message, Outlook isn't around to do the sending of the message. If you open Outlook, your new message is probably still sitting in the Outbox. >> Thank you for your explicit instructions. I have just carried them >> out and [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Was Outlook running at the time you sent the e-mail from Word? As she's posted in OE General, one assume's that OE is her default Mail Client, not OL. >>> Thank you for your explicit instructions. I have just carried >>> them [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > As she's posted in OE General, one assume's that OE is her default > Mail Client, not OL. Oops. Then she needs to check in OE if the test e-mail is still sitting in her Outbox or if there is a copy in the Sent Items folder. I still didn't receive the email - I did the same thing again except instead of File/Send to/Mail recipient I clicked on the Send a copy tab that came with the email address bar (does that make sense) anyway - I received the email - the only problem is it defaulted back to a normal email - right across the page! As I said before - any other ideas? Many thanks ------- LibraLady1 > > Vanguard - thank you for your reply. > > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > MUCH smaller preview panes or windows than when viewing a Word > document in a fully maximized window. Kay, Vanguard and PA Bear Thank you all very much - I will try this last suggestion and see what happens. BTW - you were right about the previous emails being stuck somewhere - they did arrive later but unformatted as usual! Many thanks again one and all. SignatureLibraLady1 > Vanguard - thank you for your reply. > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > > > They compose using HTML formatting. |
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