[Yaesu] Shouting

Keith Rowland [email protected]
Thu, 19 Dec 2002 17:27:35 -0800


Deon, I must congratulate you for your very civilized and rational posting.
This is certainly much better than the less than mature postings and reactions
that resulted originally.  Thank you for injecting the voice of moderation and
sensibility.

Keith (Atlanta, GA)

Deon Erwin wrote:

> I apologise for this off-topic posting.  However, it seems that some list
> members may benefit from certain Windows facilities which can assist
> visually impaired users.
>
> 1.  OUTLOOK EXPRESS
>
> Outlook Express allows the user to set the font type and font size of
> incoming mail, without affecting your outgoing mail format.  Set the menu
> options as follows.
>
> >From the Outlook Express main screen:
>
> Tools > Options > Read > Fonts
>
> Set the Proportional Font Type -- Arial works well
> Set the Fixed-width Font Type -- Lucida Console works well
> Set the Font Size -- Your choice
>
> All incoming mail will be displayed according to these settings,
> irrespective of the font type or font size used by the sender.
>
> 2.  WINDOWS CONTRAST
>
> Windows can assist visually impaired users by applying high-contrast
> settings to the display.  Apply the settings as follows.
>
> >From the task bar:
>
> Start > Settings > Control Panel > Accessibility Options > Display
>
> Set the desired contrast and other parameters.  These settings will be
> applied to all the functions of Windows.
>
> 3.  WINDOWS DISPLAY APPEARANCE
>
> Windows also has different desktop schemes where the font size of the
> Windows interface can be changed.
>
> >From the task bar:
>
> Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display
>
> Select different Schemes, such as Windows Standard, Windows Standard Large
> or Windows Standard Extra Large, to alter the font size between various
> windows, menus and interfaces.
>
> It is true that text in all capitals is more difficult to read and several
> references by other list members were made to support this fact.  Perhaps
> the use of all capitals will no longer be necessary with the application of
> these Windows facilities.  I am sure that other operating systems and email
> software offer similar facilities.
>
> Note the use of capitals in this text.  This plain text message does not
> offer underlining or bolding and capitals only serve to highlight my subject
> headings.
>
> Regards
> Deon ZR1DQ
>
> Moderator: Ray Brown, KB�STN
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