Amtrak ACELA

"AH Sell AH"

Ian

This is all true IF a fellow does not have a visual impairment. Sometimes adaptations have to be made.

CTucker NY

However, most mail/news readers (including Outlook Express) allow visual impared folks to change the font size on their machine, without affecting everyone else.

--Dan (the one who *didn't* post HTML...)

Here in Philadelphia we pronounce it "A - Cella", as in "We have a cellar under our house".

Walt

And most newsreaders also allow the bandwidth impaired or anal types to only view plain text.

Since we both are using Outlook Express 6, perhaps you can explain how to do this. I haven't been able to figure it out. Either way, it doesn't make HTML postings any more palatable...

Paul A. Cutler III

************* Weather Or No Go New Haven *************

"Pac Man" <

To view all messages in plain text: -

Tools - Options - Read and check the box "Read all messages in plain text", the fourth box down from the top.

-- Cheers Roger T.

Tools Options Read Check Read all messages in plain text

While there Fonts Font Size Your choice:-)

This will set the font size for your viewing.

But then again if someone would do: Format Plain Text just before he sends his message a lot of this would not be required.

Donald

You need to download the *very* latest version from the Microsoft website. The original version 6 didn't have this option.

It's in Tools, Options, Send for the HTML settings.

On the other end, its in Tools, Options, Read, "Read all messages in plain text." That stops them from appearing and speeds things up. Once you've clicked that, you'll never know and won't have to fuss.

CTucker NY

"Pac Man" <

I'm using OE 6.00.2800.1123 and it's there for me

Do you have OE configured to go to your "In Box" on start up?

If not, and I don't know why you wouldn't, go to your "In Box" page.

Use the tool bar there, and nowhere else.

Tools - Options - Read

On the "Read" page, the "Read all messages in plain text" is the fourth box down. Put a check mark in that box.

While your at it, go back to the "General" page and fill in all the check marks there.

It's all there, like all Microsloth products, you just have to hunt around a bit to find it.

-- Cheers Roger T.

I think the one thing we can all agree on is that it ISN'T pronounced "a-SEE-la"...

--Dan

Isn't it pronounced "One big failure"?

Mine is OE 6.00.2600.0000 and it ain't there for me.

And again, just because I can force my computer to convert it to plain text doesn't make it right to post in HTML in the first place. I have yet to see any justification for it here on r.m.r. There are plenty of other places on the 'net that uses HTML; this place doesn't. It's that simple.

Paul A. Cutler III

************* Weather Or No Go New Haven *************

"Pac Man" <

That's explains it then.

Agreed Paul. However, it's also useful when you get private e-mail in HTML, you can also set your e-mail setting to only send and receive in plain text. :-)

Have you considered upgrading?

-- Cheers Roger T.

Well, it hadn't occured to me that there was a need. And since I just

*love* waiting for downloads (yeah, right), I try not to upgrade unless I need to. I mean, just over a year ago, I was still using Win95 on my home computer. ;-) Now that there is something worth waiting for, perhaps when I have some spare time on the 'net, I'll download the latest rev.

Paul A. Cutler III

************* Weather Or No Go New Haven *************

Yeah, why not get a proper computer? ;-)

Mark.

Hey, there are advantages when using the "dark side" (aka Micro$oft): you don't have to whine about incompatable programs. :-) And almost everyone has what you have, so........

It's funny, I learned computing on an Apple II, but I've used nothing but IBM clones since 1990 (and always with whatever Bill Gates dreams up for software). I know, I know, I should be running Linux or whatever, but as long as my "magic box" does what I want it to do, it's ok with me. And in the past year and a half since I've gone to XP, I think it's crashed maybe 5 times? Heck, my old Win95 and Win98 computers used to do that every day! ;-) So far (except for this new option when reading messages), I'm content with what I have for the moment. At least until game makers start making games beyond my system's capabilities...

Paul A. Cutler III

************* Weather Or No Go New Haven *************