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Date:	Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:08:42 -0800
From:	Tom Brown <thomabrown@gmail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Font size in Thunderbird

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Colin Campbell wrote:
> Colin Campbell wrote:
>> Martin Rosenfeld wrote:
>>> Colin Campbell wrote:
>>>> I think you can use Alt+o (Format), choose "Size", then choose
>>>> "large", as I did after typing "I think". The default was "medium".
>>> I don't know what you mean by Alt+o. Do you Mean ALT+O or
>>> Alt+(zero)? Neither does anything in a Compose Window.
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>> It's hard to believe that SeaMonkey is that different from Thunderbird
>> and Firefox. My apologies for responding without checking. I think
>> I'll have to download the latest versions of each, so that I don't
>> make this mistake again and again. It seems almost comical how we, as
>> OS/2 users, can have so few modern programs, but such a wide choice of
>> browsers.
>>
>> (But maybe you ought to consider going back to the "Mozilla suite", or
>> at least installing it for comparison purposes. Some of the questions
>> asked here have simple answers with SeaMonkey.)
>> Colin
>>
> Martin, Tom, and Others,
> I've just installed V2.0.0.9 of Firefox and Thunderbird, and I'm
> replying to my last post. On the Action Bar of the Composer, I can see:
> File Edit View Insert Format Options Tools Help
>
> If I click on Tools (Alt+T), there is an Options choice. If I click on
> "Composition", I can see "General", "Addressing", and "Spelling". Under
> "General", I can set the HTML Font and Size. I think this controls all
> messages you compose.
>
> If I click on Format (Alt+o), I can also choose "Font" and "Size", with
> the same options as above available to me. I think this controls the
> current message only.
>
> Directly above the text area, I see a drop down that contains "Body
> Text", another one beside it that contains "Variable Width", a pair of
> rectangles with black on top and white beneath, and then a capital "A"
> with a downward pointing triangle, and another capital "A" with an
> upward pointing triangle. (More icons follow.) These things seem to be
> graphic methods of exercising the same controls as under "Format" on the
> Action Bar.
>
> Do you see these things on your Composer Window? If not, maybe you
> should go into the general options and restore the defaults.
> Colin

Since I like to send my e-mail in plain text form and NOT HTML, in Tools >
Account Settings > Composition & Addressing > Composition I have UNchecked the
box marked Compose messages in HTML format. I do NOT see ANY of the items that
you are talking about. If I check the box then it is there, but I don't want HTML!

I answered from the point of view of plain text composition where none of this
exists. Sorry if I caused any confusion.

--
Tom Brown, Catherder
thomabrown at gmail dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E., & SDAA

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