If for some reason you do not have the font I called for in the stationery installed, your default font will appear. This could cause the text to be entirely too large or too small due to the size specified for the font. You always have the option of changing the font and size to those you prefer in OE before typing your message. See my "Choose Your Own Font" tutorial for more details.

Remember, you must have a font installed to be able to see it when it is specified. That is also true for the person to whom you are sending the email. I try to use a font that is included with several different Windows operating systems to keep that from being a problem.

The Stationery Doesn't Look Right!

Many stationery pieces do not look the same when you open them for use as they will when they are received. This does not mean that they aren't working correctly. There are two ways to test the stationery to see how it looks when sent. The first way is to open it....address it and send it to your own e-mail address and see how it looks when you get it back. This way is the least practical way to do it, but does indeed work for testing.

The other way in OE (I have not had experience with Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail so can't help with them yet.) only takes a moment and only has to be done once and it will stay.
1. Open a new message with a stationery.
2. While it's open and before you do anything to the message, look at your tool bar near the top of your screen and you'll see "View". It will be between "Edit" and "Insert".
3. Once you've located 'View', click on it. Below that you'll see 'Source Edit'. If there's a checkmark beside it you're already set up.
4. If not, click beside it and you'll see that it now has a checkmark beside it. Now you'll notice that when you open a new message with stationery there will be three tabs at the bottom left of the e-mail window.
   a. The first tab is 'Edit'. This is the tab you'll use to type and compose your message.
   b. The middle tab is 'Source'. This is the tab that is used to view and alter the html scripts if you are familiar with that type editing. If you aren't you won't ever use this tab.
   c. The last tab is 'Preview'. Clicking this tab will let you see what your stationery will look like when the other person receives it.
5.Once you've previewed and are satisfied it looks like it should, click back on 'Edit' and send your message.
6. You can not alter the message or send the message while 'Preview' is checked. It's only for viewing the output of the finished product. So you must do all your typing in the Edit tab and the message must be sent from the Edit tab. You can go back and forth between Edit and Preview as many times as you wish.

You can please some of the people....you know how that one goes

Stationery is fun and the gurus continue to create marvelous new things for us, but they just aren't going to work for everyone. Some systems or components are going to be incompatible with the latest developments. Some will lack adequate resources or speed. I try to maintain a mix of older and new designs to meet all needs. But, I know I can't please everyone all of the time. <g>

Free but Fair