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unbibium ([personal profile] unbibium) wrote2003-03-04 01:03 pm

windows color woes

My eyes were bugging me a bit, so I decided to dink around with the color scheme. I wanted to give white-on-black a try, but realized that too many applications would give me invisible text if I tried that. So I settled for white-on-blue. Oh, what a difference! Everything was easier to read, my eyes could relax....

then I got a new message on Outlook, and it was then I realized that, by default, Outlook formats the text you type in replies to blue text. So whenever anyone replied to me, it became invisible.

ARRRRGH!

I looked, and I looked, and I couldn't find an option to disable colors in received messages, nor could I find one to change the default background color of incoming messages to something other than the Windows default.

Chocolate-covered fuck on a stick.

I haven't changed it back yet. Don't wanna. I can select text with the mouse and read it that way, though I know it's only a matter of time before I miss important information because of having to do that.

Furthermore, Ghostzilla looks a lot more conspicuous because its colors never change from pale gray on bright-ass white.

[identity profile] amie-e.livejournal.com 2003-03-04 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You could get some new eyes, like in that movie ‘Minority Report’.

I was sorta falling asleep at the end, but Tom got his wife back? Right?

[identity profile] martyrssmile.livejournal.com 2003-03-04 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
In Microsoft Outlook
Go to Tools
Choose Options
Choose Mail Format tab
click Font button
Change where it reads "For replying or forwarding"

Re:

[identity profile] pentomino.livejournal.com 2003-03-04 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
That's great for outgoing mail, but I highly doubt I'll get everyone in my address book to do the same.

[identity profile] martyrssmile.livejournal.com 2003-03-04 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It's worth a shot. :)