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Old May 1st 09, 09:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Ken
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Default Why OE does not use my specified fonts?

If Tools Options Send tab "Reply to messages in format they were sent"
checked or unchecked have any effect.


"WhatsUp31415" wrote in message
...
| "Michael Santovec" wrote:
| If you've set your OE to Real All Messages in Plain text,
| yet when you read a message you don't see it in the
| Proportional Font specified under Read Fonts
|
| As I have said repeatedly, my problem is with Reply Group, not reading and
| not composing a new message.
|
| I now suspect that the problem has to do with the charset of the original
| message.
|
| I expected that to be trumped by setting "Read all messages in plain text"
| and by setting Courier New for both Proportional and Fixed-width fonts
under
| Read Fonts.
|
| But I have no problem when I reply to your message, which does not specify
| charset. And I have no problem when I form a reply to some of my posted
| messages. Some have no charset specification; some have
| charset="Windows-1252"; some have charset="iso-8859-1".
|
| The messages that I do have a problem replying to -- that is, the font is
| non-proportional in the Reply Group composition window -- have
| charset="Utf-8".
|
| That seems to be a sufficient condition. But I cannot say with impunity
| that that is a necessary condition; that is, if only charset="Utf-8"
| presents a problem. I only did a quick spot-check.
|
| All of the message that I refer to here have either no content-type
| specification or content-type "text/plain".
|
|
| First try creating a new identity in OE and see if the
| problem occurs there.
|
| How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
|
| Thanks for the suggestion and pointer. I'll give it whirl.
|
|
| ----- original message -----
|
| "Michael Santovec" wrote in message
| ...
| Although I use Windows Live Mail as my primary mail and news program, I
| tested your scenario with my Outlook Express (XP SP3),
|
| If you've set your OE to Real All Messages in Plain text, yet when you
| read a message you don't see it in the Proportional Font specified under
| Read Fonts, then you may have some corruption in OE.
|
| First try creating a new identity in OE and see if the problem occurs
| there.
|
| How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
|
|
| --
|
| Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
|
|
|
| "WhatsUp31415" wrote in message
| ...
| "Michael Santovec" wrote:
| If not, make sure that you've set Tools, Options, Read,
| Read All Message in plain text.
|
| Thanks for that.
|
|
| Are you seeing the original message that you are replying
| to in Courier New?
|
| No, not even after I implemented your suggestion above in addition to
all
| the other settings that I documented in my original posting. I exited
| and restarted OE.
|
|
| And what you are trying to do works in my Outlook Express.
|
| You and I are not using the same software or revision for posting. What
| are you using?
|
| When you post, the relevant headers a
|
| X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8064.206
| X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8064.206
|
| When I post, those headers a
|
| X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512
| X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579
|
|
| ----- original message -----
|
| "Michael Santovec" wrote in message
| ...
| Since you are using Plain Text for newsgroups, which is the generally
| preferred format, ANY font that you use will only be seen by you while
| composing. It will not be sent with the message and any viewers will
| see whatever font their system is set to use.
|
| Are you seeing the original message that you are replying to in
Courier
| New?
|
| If not, make sure that you've set Tools, Options, Read, Read All
Message
| in plain text.
|
| As for what you trying to do, the critical part is setting the
| Proportional Font. The compose settings only apply to HTML format
| message.
|
| And what you are trying to do works in my Outlook Express.
|
| --
|
| Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
|
|
|
| "WhatsUp31415" wrote in message
| ...
| When I do Reply Group, OE seems to ignore my font selection.
|
| How can I coerce OE to use my font selection?
| My intent is to always use a non-proportional font, specifically
| Courier New.
|
| That works fine when I compose a new message.
|
| But when I do Reply Group, I get a proportional font, presumably
Arial.
|
| This is true whether or not I select the Send option "Include message
| in reply".
|
| I have the following settings:
|
|
| 1. Read Fonts Fonts:
|
| Western European
| Proportion font: Courier New
| Fixed-width font: Courier New
| Font size: Medium
| Encoding: Western European (Windows)
| Default encoding: Western European
| Pressed Set as Default
|
| 2. Send:
|
| Uncheck "Reply to messags using the format in which they were
| sent"
|
| 3. Send Mail Sending Format
| Send News Sendind Format:
|
| Select Plain Text
| Setting:
| MIME with Encode: None
| (Also tried Uuencode)
|
| 4. Compose:
|
| Mail: 10pt Courier New
| News: 10pt Courier New
|
| I am using MS Win XP Pro 2002 SP3 with OE6 revision 6.00.2900.5512
| (xpsp 080413-2105) with all patches through the end of March.
|
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