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2 Email quest: one re: macmail/one re: hotmail
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1028381"><p>If it's grayed out, then you're already working in Rich Text.</p><p></p><p>After thinking about it for a second, I think I know the answer as to why you can bold etc but not italic: the font you've chosen doesn't have an italic variant. Doh!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>You can, they just don't come automatically.</p><p></p><p>Here's an example of how to do this:</p><p>1. Go to <a href="http://www.apimac.com/emoticons/index.php" target="_blank">this page</a>.</p><p>2. Drag each emoticon you like into a folder on your desktop. Once you're done, move the folder (which you should label "Emoticons" or some such) to your Home Folder (under Documents or wherever). Now make an ALIAS of that folder and put that on your desktop.</p><p>3. Okay. Now when you are composing an email, you can open the alias, choose which emoticon you want, drag it into the body of the mail. It WILL NOT MOVE for you, but will be animated when the recipient gets it.</p><p></p><p>Like so:</p><p><img src="http://www.apimac.com/emoticons/images/italiamac_fish.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1. The Mail toolbar is more flexible and powerful. For example, to bring in a picture (or an emoticon), you just have to drag it in. That's FAR simpler than either Windows or the MacForums method.</p><p></p><p>2. Command-B (etc) is just ONE way of making words bold (etc). If you prefer using the mouse, you can use the Format menu, or the Font menu to make things bold (etc). </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Because the people who wrote Mac Forums' forum software are not the same people who wrote Mail. Or Office, for that matter. Each piece of software that does messages looks a little different from each other. The authors of this forum software CHOSE to make a toolbar that is SIMILAR to that of Office because lots of people use Office, but in fact its actually quite a bit different.</p><p></p><p>But ALL the commands that you see in the "reply" toolbar in this forum are also present in the compose window in Mail -- choice of fonts, sizes and styles (all handled by the "fonts" and "colors" buttons); attaching pictures and files (drag and drop); http and email links (just type the full pathname, like <a href="http://example.com" target="_blank">Example Web Page</a> or <a href="mailto:nobody@home.com">nobody@home.com</a> -- they don't look like they change to you but the recipient gets a clickable link); and using the "customize" item from the view menu you can add quote indention, Address Book, bulleted/numbered list buttons and much more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1028381"] If it's grayed out, then you're already working in Rich Text. After thinking about it for a second, I think I know the answer as to why you can bold etc but not italic: the font you've chosen doesn't have an italic variant. Doh!! :) You can, they just don't come automatically. Here's an example of how to do this: 1. Go to [URL="http://www.apimac.com/emoticons/index.php"]this page[/URL]. 2. Drag each emoticon you like into a folder on your desktop. Once you're done, move the folder (which you should label "Emoticons" or some such) to your Home Folder (under Documents or wherever). Now make an ALIAS of that folder and put that on your desktop. 3. Okay. Now when you are composing an email, you can open the alias, choose which emoticon you want, drag it into the body of the mail. It WILL NOT MOVE for you, but will be animated when the recipient gets it. Like so: [IMG]http://www.apimac.com/emoticons/images/italiamac_fish.gif[/IMG] 1. The Mail toolbar is more flexible and powerful. For example, to bring in a picture (or an emoticon), you just have to drag it in. That's FAR simpler than either Windows or the MacForums method. 2. Command-B (etc) is just ONE way of making words bold (etc). If you prefer using the mouse, you can use the Format menu, or the Font menu to make things bold (etc). Because the people who wrote Mac Forums' forum software are not the same people who wrote Mail. Or Office, for that matter. Each piece of software that does messages looks a little different from each other. The authors of this forum software CHOSE to make a toolbar that is SIMILAR to that of Office because lots of people use Office, but in fact its actually quite a bit different. But ALL the commands that you see in the "reply" toolbar in this forum are also present in the compose window in Mail -- choice of fonts, sizes and styles (all handled by the "fonts" and "colors" buttons); attaching pictures and files (drag and drop); http and email links (just type the full pathname, like [url=http://example.com]Example Web Page[/url] or [email]nobody@home.com[/email] -- they don't look like they change to you but the recipient gets a clickable link); and using the "customize" item from the view menu you can add quote indention, Address Book, bulleted/numbered list buttons and much more. [/QUOTE]
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