Re: Annoying vertical line in emails

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The original suggestion works nicely. My other question is, can this
vertical line thing be STOPPED by an option the sender can change on her
end? By "option" (and this is for Mr. Aldwinckle's benefit), I mean
something you switch ONCE and don't look at again for a long time. Not a
tweak that's necessary for each sent email. Only crazy people want to tweak
every email they send.


"Steve Cochran" <scochran@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23eYrcQNRFHA.3716@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Well, I just tested this. OE puts a left border on every DIV it generates
> when you reply, so other than the methods you describe, there doesn't seem
> to be an easy way to get rid of the entire line.
>
> However, if you don't want the line at all, then why do you have Indent on
> reply checked under Tools | Options | Send | HTML settings?
>
> steve
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O3lveDCRFHA.3336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:egJuxWARFHA.3356@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ...
>>> "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> ...
>>>> "Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> Is there a way to either make that line break
>>>>
>>>> The only method that I have found is to use the Source pane
>>>> to bracket your new content with copies of the BLOCKQUOTE
>>>> end and begin tags.
>> ...
>>
>>> Why edit the source? All you have to do is click on the decrease indent
>>> tab
>>> and the line goes away for the line you are on.
>>
>>
>> Note the portion of the sentence that I quoted? <eg>
>>
>> I agree that the Decrease Indent command is an answer to the
>> portion that I didn't quote:
>>>>> or get rid of it entirely?
>>
>> I would also agree with suggesting that procedure *if* there was a way
>> to add the line back with the (ostensibly) reverse command,
>> Increase Indent but it is *not* the reverse of what the Decrease
>> Indent
>> does in that case. In fact, I can't even make Decrease Indent command
>> apply to just a selected portion of the text as you imply may be
>> possible.
>> If I select some text, that seems to be where the command starts to take
>> effect but it has no control over where it stops. Therefore if I am
>> inserting
>> new material and want to requote the portion under my insertion I *have
>> to*
>> use the Increase Indent command and that tabs the old material in,
>> rather than prefix it only by the solid line.
>>
>> Hmm... I was thinking that in order to avoid that tab effect and retain
>> the solid line I would have to insert my own end and begin BLOCKQUOTE
>> tags but I have just realized that all I needed to do was *use* the new
>> BLOCKQUOTE tags that the Increase Indent command generates
>> and then replace the new BLOCKQUOTE begin tag's *attributes*
>> with the attributes from one which prefixes the solid bar and doesn't
>> tab.
>> That *is* much simpler! Thanks for making me find that.
>>
>> Is there some other option I'm missing which would preserve/regenerate
>> the solid line otherwise?
>>
>>
>> Robert
>> ---
>>
>>
>>>
>>> steve
>>>
>>> "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:etre$KpQFHA.2876@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> "Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:hk97e.1128$GA.770@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> ...
>>>>> Is there a way to either make that line break
>>>>
>>>> The only method that I have found is to use the Source pane
>>>> to bracket your new content with copies of the BLOCKQUOTE
>>>> end and begin tags. I.e. a copy of the original BLOCKQUOTE
>>>> end tag will prefix your addition; a copy of the original BLOCKQUOTE
>>>> begin tag will resume the vertical line prefix for the text which
>>>> follows.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>>> Robert Aldwinckle
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> When replying to some emails, the original sender's text ends up with
>>>>> a
>>>>> vertical line on the left margin. If I want to intersperse my
>>>>> responses
>>>>> with
>>>>> their text, the line expands, instead of breaking, so it's hard to
>>>>> differentiate original text from the response, unless I want to fool
>>>>> around
>>>>> with making mine a different color.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to either make that line break, or get rid of it
>>>>> entirely?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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