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Sports Publisher
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How to do this with Textpad
I have read that it improves readability if you limit the width of your newsletter text in plain-text mailings. How would one go about going this in either Textpad 4.5 or Homesite 4.5? I have both and can't seem to figure out where you do this. I am aiming for 65 characters in width. Thanks!
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SitePoint Addict
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It's not quite the clever solution you're looking for, but one way to acheive this would be to email it to yourself first using a mail client such as Outlook Express which wraps the messages for you.
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Sports Publisher
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Thanks for your reply. To be more specific, I'm referring to this article.
Specifically: Quote:
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Your Lord and Master, Foamy
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In Textpad 4.5 do this...
Go to Configure -> Preferences. In the preferences dialog box expand "Document Classes" and highlight "Text". In the right hand side you will see a series of options. You want to check the following options: Word wrap long lines Save with Hard Breaks Outside the scrolling box check "Word Break at Column Number" and put 65 in the box. If you want you can assign a new extension to your newsletter files (I use nltr personally) and create a new document class. You can only create a new class when no documents are open. When no documents are open, an option appears on the Configure menu to create a new class. If you have any other questions feel free to ask. ps: I personally think Textpad is the all time greatest utility that I have ever spent money on. Last edited by W. Luke; Mar 17, 2002 at 22:30. |
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Yugo full of anvils
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Amen to that. TextPad rocks - no other Windows text editor comes close
![]() Jext is pretty neat. But TextPad is just so fast and efficient. <sets himself up for a big fall> |
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The Madness Out of Time
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I can't believe people still bother with Notepad. Designers, even! Almost as bad as a co-worker who refuses to use any editor, and just manually edits HTML in an Admin site text box no wider than this msg editor. |
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Sports Publisher
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I'm more of a regular HomeSite user, but Textpad is very nice. Wayne, thanks a BUNCH for the explanation. It did exactly what I wanted and now I'm sure my subscribers will appreciate the added readability, as well.
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