I went back and read my own posts. The lines would wrap automatically
as I changed window size. I did find the line setting and change it
from 76 to 70 but it didn't effect anything.

I've always thought that these kind of communications shouldn't have
any line feeds at all because screen sized vary and the viewers take
care of the formatting. Putting in your own line feeds often results
in every other line only having a couple of words.

--

Roger Long



"Johnhh" wrote in message
...
I don't have any problem reading his posts, what news reader are you
using? Doesn't it have word wrap? I just always use Outlook Express
and I can't say I'm overly knowledgably in the proper protocols or
other readers so I'm just curious.

John


"WaIIy" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 22:46:34 GMT, "Roger Long"

wrote:

Not that I know of. What setting is annoying you?

It just doesn't annoy me. Your post starting with ......

" I had a long time to ponder this during eight hours of driving
out to
the in-laws and back for New Year's. The need for an outboard on
the
short trips this boat will make is driven almost entirely by the
weight
and drag of wheels and suspension capable of operating at driving
speeds."

Had the lines a mile long (from side-to-side) which makes people
have to
scroll the screen horizontally in order read it which is a royal
pain.

I read most of your posts and haven't seen this before. The
setting is
line length - carriage return or just "cr" which is generally set
at
70 or 72 spaces so posts will fit on most screen in the width and
only
have to be scrolled up and down.

Since I had not seen that before from you, I thought you fiddled
with
your Outlook Express settings.

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1. Go to the "Options..." command under the "Tools" menu (located
at
the top of the screen)
2. Choose the "Send" section of the options screen.
3. The first subsection is called Mail Sending Format. There
should
be two bubbles: HTML and plain text. Next to each is a bubble
saying
"Settings..." Click the button next to the plain text bubble.
4. Second line from the bottom of the new window says,
"Automatically
wrap text at (blank) characters, when sending." Change the number
in
that blank to 72.
5. Click the "OK" button in the upper right hand corner of the
grey
area.
6. Click the "OK" button at the bottom of the options screen.

Congrats, you just set up Microsoft Outlook Express to send
messages
that are in plain text with a line length of 72 characters (the
internet
standard line length). Now everyone will like your messages more
*grin*