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09-24-2009
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| | How to enforce fixed-width font when reading messages? Hi, I just recently installed Windows 7 and just had to download Windows Live Mail so I could read my newsgroups (which is all I use Live Mail for). When reading messages I also prefer to read them using a fixed-width font. So I go to Options > Read > Font and change to the following: Proportional font = Courier New Fixed-width font = Courier New Font Size = Smaller Encoding = Western European (Windows) The experience I am now getting when reading news threads is that 90% of them are visually fixed-width font, whereas the other 10% of threads I read are visually using a proportional font. How do I fix this so all messages I read are fixed-width? note: I read the same news threads under mozilla thunderbird and they are 100% fixed-width when read. Please help me solve this issue. Thanks for any help. Cheers, J |
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09-24-2009
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| | Re: How to enforce fixed-width font when reading messages? It seems that about 10 % of the emails are http. You can add /news to the WLMail shortcut so that it starts in news. You can also open in a specific newsgroup. /newsurl:news:microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop -- Ron Sommer MVP-Mail "John Smith" <smith@newsgroup> wrote in message news:efolfqUPKHA.4428@newsgroup Quote: > Hi, I just recently installed Windows 7 and just had to download Windows > Live Mail so I could read my newsgroups (which is all I use Live Mail > for). > > When reading messages I also prefer to read them using a fixed-width font. > So I go to Options > Read > Font and change to the following: > > Proportional font = Courier New > Fixed-width font = Courier New > Font Size = Smaller > Encoding = Western European (Windows) > > The experience I am now getting when reading news threads is that 90% of > them are visually fixed-width font, whereas the other 10% of threads I > read are visually using a proportional font. > > How do I fix this so all messages I read are fixed-width? > > note: I read the same news threads under mozilla thunderbird and they are > 100% fixed-width when read. > > Please help me solve this issue. Thanks for any help. > > Cheers, > J |
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09-24-2009
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| | Re: How to enforce fixed-width font when reading messages? Try Tools, Options, Read, Read All Messages in Plain Text and see if those 10% of messages fall into line. If so, the issue is that those messages are using HTML and the font specified within the HTML coding is being used. -- Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us "John Smith" <smith@newsgroup> wrote in message news:efolfqUPKHA.4428@newsgroup Quote: > Hi, I just recently installed Windows 7 and just had to download > Windows Live Mail so I could read my newsgroups (which is all I use > Live Mail for). > > When reading messages I also prefer to read them using a fixed-width > font. So I go to Options > Read > Font and change to the following: > > Proportional font = Courier New > Fixed-width font = Courier New > Font Size = Smaller > Encoding = Western European (Windows) > > The experience I am now getting when reading news threads is that 90% > of them are visually fixed-width font, whereas the other 10% of > threads I read are visually using a proportional font. > > How do I fix this so all messages I read are fixed-width? > > note: I read the same news threads under mozilla thunderbird and they > are 100% fixed-width when read. > > Please help me solve this issue. Thanks for any help. > > Cheers, > J |
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09-25-2009
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| | Re: How to enforce fixed-width font when reading messages? Thanks for the tip, just implemented /news now  "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@newsgroup> wrote in message news:OcdRExXPKHA.4700@newsgroup Quote: > It seems that about 10 % of the emails are http. > > You can add /news to the WLMail shortcut so that it starts in news. > You can also open in a specific newsgroup. > /newsurl:news:microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop > -- > Ron Sommer > MVP-Mail > > "John Smith" <smith@newsgroup> wrote in message > news:efolfqUPKHA.4428@newsgroup Quote: >> Hi, I just recently installed Windows 7 and just had to download Windows >> Live Mail so I could read my newsgroups (which is all I use Live Mail >> for). >> >> When reading messages I also prefer to read them using a fixed-width >> font. So I go to Options > Read > Font and change to the following: >> >> Proportional font = Courier New >> Fixed-width font = Courier New >> Font Size = Smaller >> Encoding = Western European (Windows) >> >> The experience I am now getting when reading news threads is that 90% of >> them are visually fixed-width font, whereas the other 10% of threads I >> read are visually using a proportional font. >> >> How do I fix this so all messages I read are fixed-width? >> >> note: I read the same news threads under mozilla thunderbird and they are >> 100% fixed-width when read. >> >> Please help me solve this issue. Thanks for any help. >> >> Cheers, >> J > |
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09-25-2009
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| | Re: How to enforce fixed-width font when reading messages? Yep it works now All messages are in fixed-width now. Thanks so much!"Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@newsgroup> wrote in message news:#KCdj$YPKHA.3256@newsgroup Quote: > Try Tools, Options, Read, Read All Messages in Plain Text and see if those > 10% of messages fall into line. > > If so, the issue is that those messages are using HTML and the font > specified within the HTML coding is being used. > > -- > > Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us > > > > "John Smith" <smith@newsgroup> wrote in message > news:efolfqUPKHA.4428@newsgroup Quote: >> Hi, I just recently installed Windows 7 and just had to download Windows >> Live Mail so I could read my newsgroups (which is all I use Live Mail >> for). >> >> When reading messages I also prefer to read them using a fixed-width >> font. So I go to Options > Read > Font and change to the following: >> >> Proportional font = Courier New >> Fixed-width font = Courier New >> Font Size = Smaller >> Encoding = Western European (Windows) >> >> The experience I am now getting when reading news threads is that 90% of >> them are visually fixed-width font, whereas the other 10% of threads I >> read are visually using a proportional font. >> >> How do I fix this so all messages I read are fixed-width? >> >> note: I read the same news threads under mozilla thunderbird and they are >> 100% fixed-width when read. >> >> Please help me solve this issue. Thanks for any help. >> >> Cheers, >> J > > |
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09-25-2009
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| | Re: How to enforce fixed-width font when reading messages? You are welcome and thanks for posting back. -- Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us "John Smith" <smith@newsgroup> wrote in message news:epsl#DaPKHA.4028@newsgroup Quote: > Yep it works now All messages are in fixed-width now. Thanks so> much! > > "Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@newsgroup> wrote in message > news:#KCdj$YPKHA.3256@newsgroup Quote: >> Try Tools, Options, Read, Read All Messages in Plain Text and see if >> those 10% of messages fall into line. >> >> If so, the issue is that those messages are using HTML and the font >> specified within the HTML coding is being used. >> >> -- >> >> Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us >> >> >> >> "John Smith" <smith@newsgroup> wrote in message >> news:efolfqUPKHA.4428@newsgroup Quote: >>> Hi, I just recently installed Windows 7 and just had to download >>> Windows Live Mail so I could read my newsgroups (which is all I use >>> Live Mail for). >>> >>> When reading messages I also prefer to read them using a fixed-width >>> font. So I go to Options > Read > Font and change to the following: >>> >>> Proportional font = Courier New >>> Fixed-width font = Courier New >>> Font Size = Smaller >>> Encoding = Western European (Windows) >>> >>> The experience I am now getting when reading news threads is that >>> 90% of them are visually fixed-width font, whereas the other 10% of >>> threads I read are visually using a proportional font. >>> >>> How do I fix this so all messages I read are fixed-width? >>> >>> note: I read the same news threads under mozilla thunderbird and >>> they are 100% fixed-width when read. >>> >>> Please help me solve this issue. Thanks for any help. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> J >> >> |
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