Thanks Ronni. The environmentalists will not like it, but I've changed preferences in Print from "Keep the same apparent font size" to "Rewrap message to fit". As a result the number of pages required to this email chain increases from 2 pages to 5 but I can read it much more easily.
LCD font smoothing was already selected. Thanks again, Michael. On 17/02/2012, at 2:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Michael, > > My email Preferences for viewing are all 16. Printing is handled by your > printer print settings. > You do have A4 Paper Size selected & Scale 100% > When you go File > Print in the print settings select ‘Rewrap message to > fit’ which prints larger. > > If you are having difficulty reading text on the screen, go to System > Preferences > General select ‘Use LCD font smoothing when available. > I also make my cursor a bit larger than default … System Preferences > > Universal Access pane, switch to the Mouse & Trackpad view, and adjust the > Cursor Size slider. > > If text is too small,make it bigger… when you are writing, change the font > size temporarily; even if the final font size will be 14, set it at 18 while > you work. > In Safari > Preferences - Appearance Standard font: Times 16 (or whatever > suits your eyes) Fixed-width font (select what suits) > In Safari > Preferences > Advanced - Universal Access: never use font sizes > smaller than 14 (or whatever suits you) > > You can have your Mac read Text to you to save your eyes. Open the Speech > pane of System Preferences and switch to the Text to Speech view. > In the System Voice pop-up menu, choose Customise. You’ll see a dialogue > listing voices in many languages. Select one that corresponds to your system > language, and press Play to hear a sample. I like Daniel (not Daniel Kerr, I > mean I really like Daniel Kerr, but I don’t use his voice to read text to me > ;-) The Daniel on my MBP sounds like British radio announcer. Daniel is one > voice that isn’t already installed on your Mac you need to enable his > checkbox and click OK and Software Update will install it for you. > > That is a few suggestions to perhaps help you. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 17/02/2012, at 1:30 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: > >> Hi Ronni and thanks, >> >> I use Classic mode and I use Rules for 90 odd mailboxes. I vet mail by using >> my iPhone. I find I make fewer mistakes that way. I can't work out how to >> get a decent font size in Mail. Even though I've selected Helvetica and 14 >> in the preferences for Mail Fonts & Colours, the emails I print out print in >> what looks to be smaller than 8 and the size is not much larger than that on >> the screen when I'm reading emails. Perhaps font size is dictated by >> whatever the sender of the emails is using. I'm having to peer at the screen >> when proof-reading this reply. >> >> Catch you later, >> >> Michael. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 17/02/2012, at 12:47 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> Hi Michael, >>> >>> My computer is not used for entertainment either, it is my work computer. >>> >>> Have you tried using "Classic Mode" in Mail, which is similar to Snow >>> Leopard Mail? >>> Might make it easier for you to sort through your email boxes to delete >>> messages. >>> I use "classic Mode" sometimes to quickly skim through the emails that come >>> in over night, so I can prioritise messages that require my attention. >>> >>> I use Rules to move messages out of Inbox to approx 50 mailboxes. >>> >>> I don't like grey, so have colour icons in my Finder Sidebar and in iTunes. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> Sent from Ronni's iPad >>> >>> On 17/02/2012, at 12:22 PM, Michael Hawkins >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Ronda, >>>> I didn't install it. I had the misfortune of having to replace my MacBook >>>> Pro a couple of months after extended Apple care expired. Lion was on the >>>> be MacBook. My computer is used for business purposes, not entertainment. >>>> Mail is tiresome. Hopefully it will become as efficient as it is on the >>>> iPhone in terms of download speed and being able to whip through the >>>> emails to delete what I don't to read. And as far as I'm concerned grey is >>>> the new beige. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Michael. >>>> >>>> On 17/02/2012, at 12:00 PM, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 17/02/2012, at 11:19 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Lion is a pain in the butt to use. >>>>>> >>>>>> I hope that Mountain Lion isn't a more powerful pain. >>>>>> >>>>>> Michael Hawkins. >>>>> >>>>> Hi Michael, >>>>> >>>>> Boy, I don’t know why you upgraded to Lion, you have done nothing but >>>>> complain about Lion ever since you installed it. >>>>> Sure, we have all experienced things in Lion that are so very different >>>>> to any other operating system we have become used to, but this is not >>>>> necessary all bad. >>>>> Lion is a learning curve from Snow Leopard and we have had to learn “How >>>>> to use Lion” and how to customise it to suit the way we work. >>>>> >>>>> Mountain Lion is going to be more iOS than Lion is, Mountain Lion is >>>>> building on Lion and it is the way Apple is moving into the future. >>>>> Mountain Lion from what I have read is going to be a very secure >>>>> operating system. Gatekeeper is a significant advance in the history of >>>>> Mac security. >>>>> Gatekeeper should ensure that we never see a Mac malware epidemic. It >>>>> limits the kind of downloaded applications that will run on a Mac. >>>>> >>>>> I read these comments online and I agree with this person: >>>>> /Extract taken from: >>>>> Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Stalks iOS: >>>>> >>>>> This upgrade from 10.7 Snow Leopard to 10.8 Mountain Lion isn’t meant to >>>>> be a major overhaul like the one we saw moving from 10.6 Snow Leopard to >>>>> 10.7 Lion. The core user experience remains largely the same, with a >>>>> series of enhancements that build on the changes made in Lion. >>>>> >>>>> If Apple pulls this off it will be one of the most ambitious leaps in the >>>>> history of consumer technology. >>>>> Just as the Mac changed desktop computing, the iPod changed the way we >>>>> listen to music, and the iPhone transformed the mobile phone into >>>>> something from science fiction, the overlap of iCloud, Lion, and iOS >>>>> could change everything we know about personal computing. >>>>> >>>>> Mountain Lion is the clearest indication yet that Apple shares this >>>>> vision, and if they succeed, how we use our computers, tablets, phones, >>>>> and perhaps even televisions will never be the same. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Ronni >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
