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.For best results, use plain text format when sending messages torecipients whose e-mail programs do not handle HTML messages.Using the Formatting toolbarWhen you begin editing an HTML message, the Formatting toolbar appears just above the body of themessage, as shown in Figure 8-9.You can use buttons on the toolbar to help you decorate yourmessage in many ways.The basic steps for using the Formatting toolbar are simple:1.Position the insertion point where you want to make a change or select a chunk of existingtext to format.page 127 Windows XP BibleFigure 8-9: The Formatting toolbar above the body of the e-mail messageTip To select a chunk of text within your e-mail message, just drag the mouse pointerthrough the text.Optionally, you can double-click a single work to select just that word.To select an entire line or paragraph, triple-click it.2.Click a button on the toolbar.(To determine the purpose of any Formatting toolbar button,point to it with your mouse.After a moment, a descriptive ToolTip will appear near themouse pointer.)3.If a drop-down menu appears below the button, click the option you want.If a dialog boxopens, fill in the dialog box and choose OK.4.If necessary, type new text.(Be careful! If you selected text in Step 1, your typing willreplace the existing text.)TipIf you do not see the Formatting toolbar, open the View ’! Toolbars menu in theNew Message window and be sure the Formatting Bar option is checked.If it isn t,choose the option.If you still don t see the Formatting toolbar, choose Format ’!Rich Text (HTML) from the New Message window menu bar.By the way, most of the options on the Formatting toolbar are available on the Insert and Format menusin the New Message window.You also can choose formatting options from the shortcut menu thatappears when you right-click within selected text or at a particular spot in the message.Changing the font, style, color, and sizeYou can use any of the first seven controls on the Formatting toolbar to change the appearance of textin the message.Here s how:1.Position the insertion point where you want to type new text, or select a chunk of existingtext.2.Click the Font or Font Size drop-down arrow, or click the Paragraph Style, Bold, Italic,Underline, or Font Color button.If you chose Font, Font Size, Paragraph Style, or FontColor, click the option you want from the drop-down menu that appears.Repeat this stepas needed.3.Type new text (assuming you didn t select text in Step 1).Figure 8-10 shows a sample message after I went crazy with the first seven controls on the Formattingtoolbar.This figure resembles a ransom note, but it isn t.page 128 Windows XP BibleFigure 8-10: A message with several types of text formattingThe Bold, Italic, and Underline buttons are toggles.Click them once to turn on the effect; click themagain to turn off the effect.You also can press shortcut keys to turn the effects on and off.Use Ctrl+Bfor bold, Ctrl+I for italic, and Ctrl+U for underline.Instead of using shortcut keys or buttons on the Formatting toolbar, you can choose Format ’! Fontfrom the New Message window menu bar and then choose the font name, style, size, underlining, andcolor from one convenient Font dialog box (see Figure 8-11).After making your selections, click OK tosave your changes.Figure 8-11: Choose font options using the Font dialog box.Aligning textYour text usually is left aligned, but you can center, right align, or justify text if you want (see Figure 8-12).To alter the text alignment, click in the paragraph or short line you want to change, or click whereyou re about to type a new paragraph or line.If you want to adjust several paragraphs or short lines atonce, select them.page 129 Windows XP BibleFigure 8-12: Some examples of left, center, right, and justified text alignmentNow click the Align Left, Center, Align Right, or Justify button on the Formatting toolbar, or chooseFormat ’! Paragraph from the New Message window menu bar, and then choose Left, Center, Right, orJustify.Indenting and outdenting textYou can indent a paragraph by moving it in one tab stop (about five spaces) toward the right or you canoutdent a paragraph by moving it out one tab stop toward the left, as shown in Figure 8-13.This is anexcellent way to make certain paragraphs such as quotations stand out.The steps should befamiliar by now:1.Click the paragraph or short line you want to indent or outdent, or click where you reabout to type a new paragraph or line.If you want to adjust several paragraphs or shortlines at once, select them.2.Click the Increase Indentation or Decrease Indentation button on the Formatting toolbaror choose Format ’! Increase Indent or Format ’! Decrease Indent from the NewMessage window menu bar.page 130 Windows XP BibleFigure 8-13: Indented and outdented textThat s all there is to it! As you ll see next, indenting and outdenting is also useful when you re typinglists.Typing listsI m a great fan of bulleted and numbered lists (as you can tell from this book) because they make iteasier to understand a series of choices or a logical sequence of steps.You can create lists like theones shown in Figure 8-14 with a few keystrokes and mouse clicks.When you create a numbered list,new items are numbered automatically in their proper sequence.If you delete an item in the list, thenumbering adjusts accordingly, as you would expect.Figure 8-14: A numbered list with an indented bulleted listTyping a new listHere s how to type a new list:1.Click where you want the new list to start.2
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