Re: Font Size Change on Messages to PC

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I've heard of the problem in reverse:

4) How come text from Entourage appears so large when I send it to my friends
using Windows?

It has to do with the way that monitors connected to Windows systems display
images. Windows displays the screen picture at 96 dpi, while the Mac displays
the screen picture at 72 dpi. Because of this, messages that look normally
sized on the Windows computer will be small on the Macintosh. On the other
hand, messages that look normally-sized on the Macintosh are magnified when
they are shown on Windows displays.

You're best bet to get around this is to send your messages in plain text
(make sure the Format -> HTML option is unchecked). What the PC user sees then
only depends on his/her settings to display plain text messages.
Alternatively, you can change the font size to "Smaller" before sending so
that the messages appear at a more reasonable size on the receiving end.

As it says, the best way to get around the problem is to use plain text.
I've found no other reliable solution.

On 4/1/06 8:53 AM, in article
1143910388.461339.116290@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "holls"
<holls@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm using Entourage version 11.2.3 and sending email via an Exchange
server--recently, perhaps since the up-grade to Entourage or because of
some change I made to the default settings (which ofcourse took place
concurrently as I was exploring the new preferences for Spotlight,
etc.), my messages--both responses and new messages--are displaying as
7 point type on PCs using Outlook (this varies depending on my setting,
going from 12 pt (as sent on Mac) to 6 pt (as read on PC). For example,
when I send myself a message, and open it in Outlook on the PC, my 12
point Garamond (or Arial)--both fonts installed by Office--is actually
set to 6 point Garamond on the PC. I determine this setting both
visually and by pressing the forward button, then selecting the font in
the new message and seeing that the size is actually 6 point (not the
12 point of the original message). This same message read in Entourage
from my Exchange account shows the font at the original size.

Here's an excerpt from the source of a test message sent in 14 point
Garamond--by the way when I set the font to a specific face the size
choices are all in points as compared to small, medium, large that is
also available.


</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FONT FACE=3D"Garamond"><SPAN STYLE=3D'font-size:14.0px'>Here&#8217;s a
test me=
ssage sent at 14 pt Garamond.<BR>
</SPAN><FONT SIZE=3D"2"><SPAN STYLE=3D'font-size:11.0px'>

I do prefer Entourage greatly; however, I would prefer that my email
messages look better rather than worse. It's bad enough that I have not
figured out how to set line spacing and indent from both sides for PC
Office readers--as using Windows Word as an email editor does--but
sending messages with unreadable fonts really is too much.

Can anyone be of any help?
Please.


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