Attachment font size

The machines we love to hate

Moderator: Wiz Feinberg

John Bresler R.I.P.
Posts: 1221
Joined: 4 Aug 1998 11:00 pm
Location: Thornton, Colorado

Attachment font size

Post by John Bresler R.I.P. »

When sending an attachment, sometimes someone will complain that they can't read the attachment because the font is too large. I tried the windows version of sending the file to recipient and adjusting the font to small but an email window never opens.

Is there a manual way to adjust the font of an attachment after it is attached?

Image
User avatar
Jack Stoner
Posts: 22147
Joined: 3 Dec 1999 1:01 am
Location: Kansas City, MO

Post by Jack Stoner »

What e-mail program are you using? Outlook Express has a setup for the font size.
User avatar
b0b
Posts: 29079
Joined: 4 Aug 1998 11:00 pm
Location: Cloverdale, CA, USA

Post by b0b »

What program did you use to make the attachment?
John Bresler R.I.P.
Posts: 1221
Joined: 4 Aug 1998 11:00 pm
Location: Thornton, Colorado

Post by John Bresler R.I.P. »

Bob/Jack:

I was using Outlook Express. Does the font size in outlook also adjust the font size in the attachment?

Thanks,

Image
User avatar
Jack Stoner
Posts: 22147
Joined: 3 Dec 1999 1:01 am
Location: Kansas City, MO

Post by Jack Stoner »

If you are just forwarding a message or the attachment to a message you received, the font will not change.

If you are creating an attachment, then the font and size should be whatever size you used.

Only possible thing I can think of is if you are switching between HTML and Plain Text for e-mail messages.
User avatar
b0b
Posts: 29079
Joined: 4 Aug 1998 11:00 pm
Location: Cloverdale, CA, USA

Post by b0b »

No, the font size in Outlook Express will not change the font size in an attachment. For example, if your attachment is a Microsoft Word file, changing font size it Outlook Express will not change the font size in the Microsoft Word attachment.
User avatar
Wiz Feinberg
Posts: 6113
Joined: 8 Jan 1999 1:01 am
Location: Mid-Michigan, USA

Post by Wiz Feinberg »

John;
You may want to consider copying and pasting the contents of the attachments into email message bodies, and setting the font size to your normal choice. It will be adjustable by the recipient just as the rest of the text is.

If the attached file is formatted text use the rich Text Format option in OE. You can apply font styles as needed and send it as HTML.

------------------
Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
<small>Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage. Get Firefox Here.
Learn about current computer virus and security threats here.
Read Wiz's Blog for security news and update notices. My FAQs.</small>


John Bresler R.I.P.
Posts: 1221
Joined: 4 Aug 1998 11:00 pm
Location: Thornton, Colorado

Post by John Bresler R.I.P. »

Thanks for the all the good advise. This is what makes the forum great.

Thanks again!!

Image