I am using Outlook 2007. When replying to a message in HTML format, I somehow managed to get into a 'Zoom' mode of only 10%. This made the message totally unreadable of course and I could not see what I was typing. I tried forwarding the message, same thing. I tried another message in text format, same thing.
Since I don't recall ever seeing 'Zoom' in previous versions of Outlook, I had no idea what was going on. A search of Microsoft's Outlook 2007 site was a search in vain. Since I didn't know I was in 'Zoom' 10%, I had no inkling that I should be searching on 'Zoom'.
I am persistent and started looking through every one of the countless menus that are now in Outlook 2007, depending on what you are doing. Menus in new messages, replying or forwarding seem to have 'growed like Topsy'! (As far as that goes, all menus in Office 2007 seem to be a lot more and until I got a tad familiar with the way they are done, very hard to navigate.)
Just about the time I thought the update for Outlook 2007 that I had installed earlier had somehow broken Outlook, I discovered 'Zoom'. I guess it could come in handy, but I sure would like to know how I managed to get 'Zoom' with 10% in the first place, as I certainly didn't knowingly set that in place!
I just wish there was a 'Zoom' for some of the menus and buttons, especially those teeny arrows at the top for previous and next messages.
And FYI, that earlier update I installed was to make Outlook 2007 stop being so sluggish, and by golly it worked!
Martha
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Friday, April 20, 2007
Vista is Growing on Me
I have a new notebook that came with Vista Ultimate installed. In the first few days of owning this notebook, I seriously considered wiping the drive and installing Windows XP Pro. Vista wouldn't let me do what I wanted to do! Vista wouldn't let me open some files or folders!
Humph, this is MY computer and no operating system is going to stop me from opening, looking and/or editing a folder or file if I need to edit it. It isn't as though I was going to go willy nilly changing things that shouldn't be changed.
However, I am persistent and finally figured out how to get to where I wanted and 'take ownership' of those files and folders.
I am beginning to like Vista a lot. I don't use a huge number of programs and so far, every program I think I have to have installed is working just fine. The exception is the firewall I want, Zone Alarm, and ZoneLabs has a working beta for Vista. I don't do betas much, they have caused me to do a comple reinstall of Windows in the past. So I am relying on Vista's firewall and the firewall in my router.
I have tested several virus scanners that work in Vista. I finally went with Nod32. I should have gone with Nod32 years ago. Such a light footprint, not intrusive and does the job. Better than most according to the sites that do security reviews!
A lot of folks don't like the UAC (User Access Control) in Vista. Some of the folks that don't like UAC are also those folks that complain about the lack of security in Windows. I am learning to live with UAC, although there is a way to turn it off, I want the security.
One of the things that Microsoft finally got right in Vista is Search. I am always filing things where I shouldn't, especially if I am in a hurry. Sometimes I give files titles that I don't remember days later. But with Vista search, all I have to do is put a word or phrase in the search field and Vista finds it. I love it! Windows XP is still a great OS, but Search in XP leaves a lot to be desired.
Vista is also pretty! I love my 'eye candy' and see no reason not to have it. I will admit there are still a lot of things in Vista that I still need to get used to, but i am getting there.
Martha
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Humph, this is MY computer and no operating system is going to stop me from opening, looking and/or editing a folder or file if I need to edit it. It isn't as though I was going to go willy nilly changing things that shouldn't be changed.
However, I am persistent and finally figured out how to get to where I wanted and 'take ownership' of those files and folders.
I am beginning to like Vista a lot. I don't use a huge number of programs and so far, every program I think I have to have installed is working just fine. The exception is the firewall I want, Zone Alarm, and ZoneLabs has a working beta for Vista. I don't do betas much, they have caused me to do a comple reinstall of Windows in the past. So I am relying on Vista's firewall and the firewall in my router.
I have tested several virus scanners that work in Vista. I finally went with Nod32. I should have gone with Nod32 years ago. Such a light footprint, not intrusive and does the job. Better than most according to the sites that do security reviews!
A lot of folks don't like the UAC (User Access Control) in Vista. Some of the folks that don't like UAC are also those folks that complain about the lack of security in Windows. I am learning to live with UAC, although there is a way to turn it off, I want the security.
One of the things that Microsoft finally got right in Vista is Search. I am always filing things where I shouldn't, especially if I am in a hurry. Sometimes I give files titles that I don't remember days later. But with Vista search, all I have to do is put a word or phrase in the search field and Vista finds it. I love it! Windows XP is still a great OS, but Search in XP leaves a lot to be desired.
Vista is also pretty! I love my 'eye candy' and see no reason not to have it. I will admit there are still a lot of things in Vista that I still need to get used to, but i am getting there.
Martha
Martha's Web
Martha's Place
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