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Narrow text for autoresponders

by steveaaa
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Hi, I asked this question a long time ago (in the old version of forum) and cannot remember/find the answer.

Any recommendation for a text editor (free would be nice) that would format very narrow text, like seen on autoresponder emails.

Thanks, steve
#autoresponders #narrow #text
  • Profile picture of the author Michael Silvester
    Hi Mate,

    This will do it
    Formatting Email Text

    Take Care,

    Michael Silvester
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  • Profile picture of the author Jay White
    I use TextPad for writing emails for my clients. It's easy to use, it's free, and it does everything you're asking--plus a lot more.

    TextPad - the text editor for Windows
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    • Profile picture of the author steveaaa
      Originally Posted by Jay White View Post

      I use TextPad for writing emails for my clients. It's easy to use, it's free, and it does everything you're asking--plus a lot more.

      TextPad - the text editor for Windows
      Thanks to all and to Jay. Now I remember that I did download textpad, and it is a nice app. Here's the instructions, not very obvious, but works:

      To set the right margin:
      From the Configure menu, choose Preferences.
      Click the "+" next to Document Classes.
      Select the appropriate document class.
      Check Word break at column number.
      Fill in the appropriate column number.
      Click OK.
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        • Profile picture of the author steveaaa
          I don't use GR, so maybe others can help?
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  • Profile picture of the author Droopy Dawg
    Exactly WHY are emails formatted that way anyway? I've always wondered...
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    • Profile picture of the author steveaaa
      As a recipient of such emails, I find them a lot easier to read. After all, the messages are text only (no bolding, etc. etc.) so long lines are hard to read.

      Also you can make small amount of text look like a lot of text

      I am not a guru, so there may be other reasons.
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  • Profile picture of the author Neil Morgan
    When you use hard line breaks, the lines need to be short enough so that the recipient's email software's own formatting routines don't kick in at the end of lines and turn the whole thing into a dog's dinner.

    One notable exception to the use of this formatting technique is Google. I have noticed that all their emails are formatted with soft line breaks and they only have hard line breaks at the end of a paragraph.

    They're doing this so that the recipient's email software can choose how it wants to display it.

    Cheers,

    Neil
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  • Profile picture of the author stevenh512
    It has more to do with the email client than the autoresponder. It's been a long time since I've worked with GetResponse but as far as I know there's no technical reason you have to format to a certain width for your emails to work with them or any other autoresponder service. The idea of formatting your email text to a certain width is all about readability. There was a time (not too long ago) when there were dozens or even hundreds of different email clients people would use to read their emails. If you didn't format to a certain width, some of those email clients would do funny things with your text and your emails would be harder to read.

    These days, I don't have too many people on my list who aren't using gmail and most modern email clients (web-based or installed software) can handle your text properly whether you format it to a certain width or not. The only real benefits I can think of for formatting your text to a certain width (which I still do) are what steveaaa mentioned. They're easier to read and they look like a lot more text than they really are.
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