Thanks to both of you...

Like I've always said, "It is a darn good thing there are people who are
smarter than I am"..

That comment will give 'Vanguard' an opportunity to make one of his asinine
comments..

Have a good one all!!

JR


"Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
news:OYHY2p$$FHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| "JR" <rhondeau2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
| news:eaO2wM7$FHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl
| ...
| > | Instead, what I do is set that option at its maximum of 132
| > | and perform my own formatting just as I used to long ago
| > | on typewriters or computer terminals. As long as I can see
| > | a pleasing format in a maximized window I know that OE's
| > | mindless Autowrap "feechur" won't break it.
|
| > I've done as you suggested; typing the full width of the page (132) and
| > then go back to approximately 78 and move all the lines down to make
| > it more even. It is really time consuming and a lot of work that
shouldn't
| > be necessary..
|
|
| Sounds like you have misunderstood somewhat. I only type as far as
| I want and then insert my own carriage return at the end of every line.
| By ensuring that every line has a carriage return and knowing that OE
| won't try to break any line shorter than 132 I eliminate the uncertainty
| of most post-send reformatting caused by its Autowrap feature.
|
| Provided I don't need to do any revisions in what I write I don't have
| to "move" anything and I don't find that part time consuming at all.
| On the contrary I appreciate the extra control it gives me for placing
| every word exactly where I want it.
|
| The only really unnecessary work I have is finding out whether the
| previous poster used Format=Flowed and whether I need to do a
| post-send re-edit because of that. In fact, there is a registry hack
| to disable use of Format=Flowed available; so that extra effort
| could be eliminated if I chose to use it.
|
|
| Robert
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