Write an Email with BIG TEXT

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http://norbert26.com/saverio/writebig.html

Print this page for reference [make sure "Print background" is NOT checked in your Printer Options!]:

Here's a way to write emails with Big Text that may be useful for low-vision problems.

After writing, you will Send the email in normal size and normal color -- otherwise, some computer users won't be able to see your message.

  1. First, go to your email Signature box. You only have to do this once to set up Big Text:

    Press Mail, click on Settings, then on Signature.

  2. Clear your signature box completely:

    With the yellow highlight around the Signature box, press and hold down the Cmd key near the bottom left of the keyboard and at the same same press the letter A [Cmd-A].

    Then press Delete.

    Click Done at the bottom of the page.

  3. Next, put the code between the lines, below, into your email Signature box:

    To put it in without typing the whole thing, here's a page that will teach you how to Cut and Paste


    <html>
    <body bgcolor=yellow text=black>
    <center>
    <form>
    <font size=7 color=black>
    <tt>
    <textarea bgcolor=yellow cursor=red border=5 rows=1 cols=40 usestyle nohighlight growable autoactivate>
    </textarea>
    </tt>
    </font>
    </form>
    </center>
    </body>
    </html>

    If the colors used above hurt your eyes, you can change them with common color names in place of those shown in the code. Maintain the spacing just as shown.


  4. When the code is in the Signature box, click Done at the bottom of the page


  5. Press the Mail key, then click on Write


  6. Press Tab to get down into the form box and write your email in big letters


  7. After writing your email, with your cursor still in the form box at the bottom, press and hold down the Cmd key near the bottom left of the keyboard and at the same time press the letter A to highlight all the text in the form box [Cmd-A].


  8. Press Cmd-X to "cut" and copy the highlighted text.

    You MUST copy the text from the form box into the normal text area of the email; any text in the form box disappears completely and forever when the email is sent!


  9. Use the up Arrow key or Shift-Tab to get up into the normal text area.


  10. Press Cmd-V to insert the text [at normal size] into the email.


  11. Click on "Remove signature" at the bottom of your email so computer users will be able to see your email without any problems.


  12. Address your email and click on Send.

To see how this works, you should see a blinking red cursor below in the Form Box. Type something in it. The box will expand automatically to fit more text:

Form Box:
With your red cursor still in the Form Box with your text, use Cmd-A and Cmd-X to highlight and cut your text.

Next, move your cursor down into the Test area and use Cmd-V to paste it in:


Test:



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