Try a new identity to eliminate that possibility, and test it before you
change any of the default settings in Tools | Options.

You may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and test it.
If all is well, you can import your messages and Address Book from the old
identity and delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Hank" wrote in message
...
I've tried yours and Ron's suggestions. My text was 4 characters, space,
4
characters, space, etc, etc. I get approx 130 characters & spaces across
the
viewable page both ways before I send it and after it comes back.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I use MIME/None for Plain. Text and Quoted Printable for HTML. If you
just
hold down a key and never use a space, when you get it, (using my
settings),
it will be wrapped when reading in Plain Text, and off the screen when
reading in HTML. Does this shed any light?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Hank" wrote in message
...
Ron,
I didn't know about this setting and a search for keyword "margins" in
the
OE6 Help section didn't find anything about margins. I changed Encode
text
to none and set it to 70 characters, clicked Apply & OK. I sent myself
an
email. It showed about 130 characters across the width of the page
when I
typed it. When it came to me, it still showed 130 - way more than 70
characters wide.

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

Tools, Options, Send, HTML and Plain text settings,
Change the Encode text using to None.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Hank" wrote in message
...
: Outgoing email is only in the Outbox until it gets sent. I looked
in
the
: Drafts and Sent folders and my email text goes full page width
except
where I
: was forwarding someone else's email that was just 4-5 inches wide.
:
: "Ron Sommer" wrote:
:
: Your outgoing emails don't get formatted until you send to Drafts
or
the
: Outbox.
: How do your emails in those folders?
: --
: Ronald Sommer
:
: "Hank" wrote in message
: ...
: :I receive some emails with text in nice 4-5 inch wide lines.
Other
emails
: : come with text wide as the page. My outgoing emails are wide as
the
page.
: : How do you set margins in OE6? I have Windows XP SP2, and IE7.
:
: