The Font panel in Mac OS X Panther includes many ways you can format your text. For more information about these features, choose Mac Help from the Help menu, then search on "Font panel".
In Mail, some of these text formats only appear in the Compose window, regardless of the font you choose or the email application the message's recipients use. People who receive your message will not see certain changes to the text, such as strikethrough and text shadowing, even though you see them.
Note: The Text Underline button (the first button on the left in the top row of buttons) works for messages sent to recipients whose email applications can display rich text. Recipients will see single underlines, but not double underlines or colored underlines.
To get a good idea of what the message's recipients will probably see, save the message before you send it, then open it from your Drafts mailbox. You can also look at the copy in your Sent mailbox if you've already sent it.
Figure 1 Font Panel Buttons
These Font panel features only work with Mail message drafts:
Other Font panel features are dimmed (or "grayed out") for Mail messages. Even though you can use the controls, they have no effect on selected text. These controls work in other applications, though:
If it's important that your recipients see these styles, consider composing your message in a different application that can use these Font panel features, such as TextEdit. Then, save the file in rich text format (RTF) and attach it to a Mail message.
In Mail, some of these text formats only appear in the Compose window, regardless of the font you choose or the email application the message's recipients use. People who receive your message will not see certain changes to the text, such as strikethrough and text shadowing, even though you see them.
Note: The Text Underline button (the first button on the left in the top row of buttons) works for messages sent to recipients whose email applications can display rich text. Recipients will see single underlines, but not double underlines or colored underlines.
To get a good idea of what the message's recipients will probably see, save the message before you send it, then open it from your Drafts mailbox. You can also look at the copy in your Sent mailbox if you've already sent it.
Figure 1 Font Panel Buttons
These Font panel features only work with Mail message drafts:
- Text Strikethrough button (the second button on the left in the top row of buttons)
- Text Shadow (the fifth button from the left in the top row of buttons)
Other Font panel features are dimmed (or "grayed out") for Mail messages. Even though you can use the controls, they have no effect on selected text. These controls work in other applications, though:
- Shadow Opacity slider (the slider directly to the right of the Text Shadow button)
- Shadow Blur slider (the middle slider)
- Shadow Offset slider (the rightmost slider)
- Shadow Angle wheel
If it's important that your recipients see these styles, consider composing your message in a different application that can use these Font panel features, such as TextEdit. Then, save the file in rich text format (RTF) and attach it to a Mail message.
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