Re: Writing in 14 pt but sending in 12 pt?

[Paul Berkowitz]

Title: Re: Writing in 14 pt but sending in 12 pt?

Entourage now (since version 10.1.4) sends its font size information in pixels rather than points. That's because points resolve at different sizes on Macs and Windows: Mac's 72 point per inch vs. Windows' 96 ppi. Thus 12 points looks good on a Mac but enormous on Windows, and Windows' 10 points looks good there but tiny on a Mac. So now the information i sent in pixels and usually looks OK, except that it can vary too (but usually less) depending on a monitor's screen resolution.

However, when your correspondent sends the message back to you, you may be getting points info rather than pixels. Coming back from Windows it will be smaller, than when it left your Mac. I'm not sure in which circumstances it would come back larger: perhaps if the correspondent has an email client that only sends a few sizes (like Entourage 2001 and 10.1.0) of Smaller, Small, Medium, Large, Larger, it gets rounded.

HTML and text formatting is totally unscriptable in Entourage.

If all this bothers you and it's really too much trouble for you to press the "A" button (or with option key) or cmd-+ / cmd-– keys, you should should switch to plain text. That's what it's for.

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Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - **2004**, X  or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise.

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From: Stephen Rayment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:09:38 -0500
To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Writing in 14 pt but sending in 12 pt?

I see the same problem, but often my messages come back smaller (12 point goes to 7!!)
See my previous post... “HTML mail font sizes shrink when in Outlook!”
Are the users you send to in a Windows environment? Do they use Word as their default e-mail editor?
That seems to make a difference.
sgr
ps
A script that allowed you to view in 14 and print in 12 would be really useful also – wastes a lot of paper!!

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From: sequoia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:16:21 -0700
To: Entourage mac Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Writing in 14 pt but sending in 12 pt?

I send almost all of my emails in HTML, using Entourage 2004.

Often, when someone responds back to my email, and includes the text in my original email, my text of my emails comes out sometimes quite large, at least that what seems to happen: when they include my original text, it comes back in 18 point, or even 24.

Is this a function of their computer, or is it because I'm doing something on my end? I have 2 20" LCD monitors which I view in their native resolution of 1600x1200. While gorgeous screens, they make 12 point type a bit too small for my eyeballs, so I crank up the default font size (in Entourage 2004) to 14. Would this be part of the problem?

Lastly: is there a script that would allow me to write/view my emails in, say, 14 points, but send in 12 points?

Thanks!