[Info-vax] Writer advice requested

[Ken Fairfield]

On Nov 11, 10:11 am, AEF <spamsink2... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Nov 11, 9:23 am, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
>
> Koehler) wrote:
> > In article <iben6n$qr... at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com> writes:
>
> > > OK, you have absolutely no idea what you are
> > > talking about, right ? What exactly characterize
> > > "emails typed on WEENDOZE" that makes them stand out ?
>
> >    Outhouse does not like it when you enter a carriage return in the
> >    middle of a sentence.  Either you just keep typing until it decides
> >    to wrap, or it decides to capiltalize a word in the middle of your
> >    sentence.
>
> You can turn this off: From the main Outlook Window: Tools > Options >
> Spelling > AutoCorrect options > Uncheck "Capitalize first letter of
> sentences". Check out the other setting while you're there.

Thanks for that! :-)  It's buried so deep that even if I'd
thought to look for it, I doubt I'd ever have found it. :-(

> >    Outhouse insists that using the "Enter" button on your PC keyboard
> >    must mean you are starting a new paragraph.
>
> Do you mean an extra blank line? If so, try his ultra-secret trick:
> Use BS to delete the extra "blank line", then press Shift-Enter
> instead of just Enter. This is also useful if the extra "blank lines"
> are already there from before.

Ah ha!  Another annoyance for which I didn't suspect
there was any solution.  Very puzzling and frustrating...

[...]

> >    When you receive properly formatted plain text in Outhouse, it claims
> >    to remove "extra paragraph separators".
>
> Never saw "paragraph separators", but perhaps this is what you mean
> and how to turn it off:
>
> Try from the Main Outlook Window: Tools > Options > Preferences >
> Email Options > Uncheck "Remove extra line breaks in plain text
> messages".

Wow, you're 3 for 3 today!  I've used Windows day in and day
out at work for the past 9 years, and suffered through these
Outlook stupidities the whole time.  I never knew...

[...]

Thanks again!  -Ken