Re: Fonts in Outlook Express

.----- On Sun, 7 Feb 1999 14:22:15 -0600, VampLadee posted:
|
|I'd rather not use that font throughout, just in reading NG posts.  Guess
|nothing's perfect, eh.
|
|Thank you so very much for your help.  I will try and find the FAQ.
|
'------------------------

Try this...

Copy this (between the >=---- lines ... don't copy the lines themselves)

>=----
REGEDIT4

;        Outlook Express Fixed Width font patch v2
;                    (Newsgroups only)
;        By Martin Atkins (mar...@bigfoot.com)
;
; I accept no responsibility for any damage to your system
; that results from using this or any part of this registry
; patch. Use at your own risk.
; Tested for version 4.72.2106.4 only. Effects on other versions
; are not certain.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
 Express\Trident\International\1252]
"IEFixedFontName"="Fixedsys"
"IEPropFontName"="Fixedsys"
"Script"="Western"
"Default_InternetEncoding"=hex:e4,04,00,00
"IEFontSize"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\news]
"Message Send HTML"=dword:00000000
"Message Plain Format MIME"=dword:00000000
"Message Plain Encoding Format"=dword:00000004
"Message Plain Character Line Wrap"=dword:0000004c
"Message Plain Allow 8bit in Header"=dword:00000000
"Font Color"=dword:00000000
"Font Name"="Fixedsys"
"Font Size"=dword:0000000b
"Font Bold"=dword:00000000
"Font Italic"=dword:00000000
"Font Underline"=dword:00000000
>=----


into Notepad (Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad) and save it as
"oefixedsys.reg" (when in the save as window, type the quotes around it
otherwise it may save as oefixedsys.reg.txt.)

Find the file in Windows Explorer (ie Open 'My Computer', then navigate to
where you saved the file)  (it may be on the desktop)

Double-click the file just created, (make sure outlook express isn't running
at this point) and a message will appear saying that the information has
been entered into the registry. When you restart Outlook Express, it should
be in a proper asciiart friendly font.

If you are using multiple users on your computer, using Win95 profiles, this
will change the settings for the currently logged on user only.

      ** It has not yet been tested in Outlook Express with IE5 Beta! **

>END<

That bit about damage to your computer... if you follow the instructions,
and have Outlook Express from Internet Explorer 4, it should work like a
dream.

If not, try:
Tools Menu >>> Stationery >>> 'News' tab >>> Font Settings >>> Choose
FixedSys or your favourite Fixed Width font >>> OK >>> OK.

This won't set up a few other things though, like posting in plain text and
the like. If you do this you will have to set up the other options manually
yourself.

Hope this helps,
-Martin
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