X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f7c81,1b35329e2f906ac X-Google-Attributes: gidf7c81,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-12 13:01:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!newsfeeds.bigpond.com!not-for-mail From: "noddy" Newsgroups: de.alt.rec.ascii-art References: <3d04e645$1@sol.wh-hms.uni-ulm.de> <20020610220630.6a14a37a.info@infocore.net> Subject: Re: Falsche ASCII-Darstellung mit OutlookEpress Lines: 102 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 06:06:35 +1000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.139.73.121 X-Trace: newsfeeds.bigpond.com 1023911693 144.139.73.121 (Thu, 13 Jun 2002 05:54:53 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 05:54:53 EST Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com) Xref: archiver1.google.com de.alt.rec.ascii-art:3712 was just surfing NG's and am interested in ASCII. I have not had a go at ASCII b4 but your pointers here has been a tremendous help unfortunately I only speak English so can't work out what else is being said in NG regards ?H? Ѻ�?�R��| �D��? "Stephan Hensel" wrote in message news:20020610220630.6a14a37a.info@infocore.net... > On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:43:44 +0200 > "Silvan Lein�" wrote: > > -!- durch "TimeNewRoman" v�llig verschoben, wie stellt man da ne > -!- Festbreitenschriftart ein? > > taken from: alt.ascii-art FAQ 3.0.3.07 > > ======================================================================== > [19] The ASCII Art Rough-Guide to m$.Outlook? > ======================================================================== > Microsoft's Outlook Express program has a number of flaws, including > * deleting spaces from the beginning of lines, and > * inserting the word `file://' in unexpected places > which make it very difficult to send ASCII art properly. Whether > these are bugs or features we don't know, but we do know that > Microsoft would rather ASCII art as a medium just disappeared (see > http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,13735,00.html > for more information). A registry patch to fix some of the flaws > in Outlook Express is available from the ADA. > > how to get rid of blue-lines in OE5: > > 1. Press the decode button twice when viewing a blue-struck image. > Because, after ROT13, OE will not parse links and so 2 x ROT13 > returns everything back to normal, but without the blue lines. > 2. Create a button in your toolbar so you can do it quickly. > > In OE 5.5-6.0 the URL parsing code is slightly better and > doesn't foul as many images as previous versions. > > How to stop Ms.Outlook giving wrapped output > > or the ascii-art you are sending is wider than 72 characters: > > 1. Tools menu > 2. Options > 3. Send > 4. Both of these Mail and News format > 5. Plain text settings ____ > 6. Automatically wrap text at |____| > > How to set your Outlook Express 6 to view ASCII art correctly: > > 1. On the TOOLS menu, click OPTIONS > 2. Select the READ tab > 3. International settings > 4. Use default encoding for all incoming messages [tick] > 5. Set the FONTS to display as western european. > set both the PROPORTIONAL font and FIXED-WIDTH font to > LUCIDA CONSOLE, and FONT SIZE to SMALLER > 6. Click OK, then OK again. > > How to set your Outlook Express 5 to view ASCII art correctly: > > 1. On the TOOLS menu, click OPTIONS > 2. Select the READ tab > 3. Click the FONTS button near the bottom of the box > 4. For the languages UNICODE, WESTERN EUROPEAN and USER DEFINED > set both the PROPORTIONAL font and FIXED-WIDTH font to > LUCIDA CONSOLE, and FONT SIZE to SMALLER > 5. Click OK, then OK again. > > How to set your Outlook Express 4 to view ASCII art correctly: > > 1. On the TOOLS menu, click OPTIONS > 2. Select the READ tab > 3. Click the FONTS button near the bottom of the box > 4. For the languages UNIVERSAL ALPHABET, USER DEFINED and WESTERN > set both the PROPORTIONAL font and FIXED-WIDTH font to > LUCIDA CONSOLE, and FONT SIZE to SMALLER > 5. Click OK, then OK again. > > NOTE : If LUCIDA CONSOLE is not available as a font, pick another > from the list of available FIXED-WIDTH fonts. > > Examples of fixed-width fonts 1. ANDALE MONO > commonly available with ms.windows: 2. COURIER NEW > 3. LUCIDA CONSOLE > 4. LUCIDA SANS TYPEWRITER > 5. OCR A EXTENDED > > If you have followed the above steps correctly, you should now > be able to view and create ASCII art as it should be. > > -- > > lou!sh