"Kate" wrote in message ...

When I type a post, I let the computer "carriage return"
automatically* and I thought that I did paragraph properly. However,
I have just noticed that my compose window was not fully-maximised -
stretched to almost fill the screen, but not maximised. Maybe that
hasn`t helped, although it can only be two or three characters short.


If you already have your normal mode window maximally sized
you won't get any of the benefit of maximizing it. The point is
that once lines are chopped to your line size the parargraphs
they are a part of will stop wrapping in the window and just
show you the lines of the formatted paragraph. If you continue
editing the already formatted lines you could create some which
are too long (in which case when you save or send them they
will be chopped) or shorter than your line size (which will not
be combined with what follows unless you make it flow in your
composition window.) It's in order to see if you have to do
some extra edits to make already formatted text flow that I make
the suggestion of maximizing the composition window.


Also, I see that when I compose or reply to a post, the default font
for Plain Text in NGs seems to be Times New Roman. But, if I select
Read All Message in Plain Text, they come up in 9pt Arial, which is
the default font for Mail and News in Tools/Options/Compose. Would
that make a difference?

Not really. You might notice a difference in formatting with them
but it would only be due to a difference in proportional spacing
between the two fonts.



I have looked in Tools/Options in the main Menu, and also under Format
in the compose window, but cannot find a check box for Format=Flowed.
Could you tell me where to find it, please?


Unfortunately, it is an undocumented default from a certain level of maintenance.
However, you may find a registry hack which could be used to disable it.



Anyway, I have now reduced my line length to 70 characters, maximised the compose Window, and selected Uuencode. If that doesn`t
work, well, I give up!


In that case, if you are really flowing paragraphs then something has changed
in OE that I wasn't aware of which breaks the Format=Flowed feature.
AFAIK you must have those trailing spaces on any lines which are to be
flowable otherwise as I said each line may be treated as a separate paragraph.

Just to check that that still works as I understand it I have added spaces
after the last words in the preceding paragraph. Let's see what happens
when I send it to the Outbox...

QED. Reflowed to fit *my* line size (132) but only seen that way *after*
the message is in the Outbox. This comment was added from the Outbox.



Thank you for all the info
Kate

*I used to be a secretary in ye olden days when you had to wait for
the `ting` when the typewriter carriage reached the righthand margin
and then slam the carriage back. Such bliss not to have to do that
with a computer,especially when it was a long carriage that would take
brief size paper :-)


You mean you missed working with CRTs and their line editing too? eg


Robert
---