Word Wrap

[cpstout]

Danny:

As a fairly 'newcomer' to the computer but an 'old-timer' tunner and
piano technician (some 30+ years experience), let me express my
gratitude for the suggestion "choose View and then Unwrap Long Lines.
This will save a lot of time scrolling back and forth through the
several e-mails we get from time to time on this very informative email
channel.    cpstout@concentric.net  (Clancy Stout)


Danny Moore wrote:
>
> Oorebeek A. wrote:
> >
> > Dear colleagues,
> > I have a question.
> > Again it concerns the wordwrap to 70 characters.
> > Recently, some colleagues have complained about this and
> > I really do not know what to do about it.
>
> Andre'
> Don't worry about it!  The problem is with the mail reader used by the
> recipient, IT ITS NOT ON YOUR END!!!
>
> About 80% of the internet population is using Netscape Navigator 2.0 or
> better.  I'm reading this on NN3.01 and it looks fine.  When I do get
> mail that has long lines, I can go to the "View" menu and execute a
> command called "Wrap Long Lines" and it fits the message to the screen.
>
> We are dealing with plain text format here.  There are people reading
> mail on 12" monitors at 640 x 480 resolution, there are people reading
> mail on 21" monitors at 1280 x 1024 resolution and all combinations in
> between.  It is up to the individual, his hardware and his software to
> configure his system to his liking.
>
> Mail readers like Eudora Pro, Netscape, MS-Internet Explorer all have
> these capabilities, others do not.  The also have the capability to
> customize the messages at the sending end.
>
> Do you have the latest version of Claris?  Perhaps there is a more
> current version than the one you are using.  I've never gone to Claris'
> web site, if they are like Microsoft and Netscape, they have the updates
> available for free download.
>
> Maybe you would like to try Netscape for Macintosh on your machine, if
> so, go to there web site
> http://www.netscape.com/comprod/mirror/client_download.html
> It's a free download for an evaluation copy.
>
> Happy computing.
>
> Danny Moore
> Houston Chapter