Change Email template for notes 4.6

[kuzkuz]

Hi,

I'm looking hard for a simple action asked by one of my users...

If I want to change the font of the standard Email (after pressing "New memo&quot, how od I midify the template, where is that template? do I have to edit the form or somthing like it?

Thanks,
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[pmonett]

Okay, here we go. First, let me say that modifying the mail file in any way other than adding folders is asking for trouble.
Now that I have said that, let's get down to answering the question.
Modifying the default font used is simple . . . if you have a minimum of design abilities. If not, get a developer and tell him to do the following :

1) open the user's mail file in the Designer.
2) open the form Memo.
3) scroll down to the first Body field.
4) select the field properties and change font to desired value.
6) check form properties and prohibit design/refresh of the form.
5) save the form and exit Designer.

Once that is done, creating a new Memo should use the new font you specified.

Now for the caveats :

1) This modification will block future design updates from being automatically processed by the server. In other words, your user's mail file is locked in time (well, the Memo form is, but that is almost as bad). If the server is upgraded and/or a new mail version is implemented, you'll have to track that user and upgrade his mail file manually.
2) This font change is only functional for recipients that have the same font installed on their computer (OS limitation). If the user is requiring a fancy font, stress unto him that he will most probably be the only one seeing the message in that font.
3) I do hope this user is at least a senior manager for you to go through all the trouble he's going to give you at the next round of upgrades ;-).

Pascal.

 

[hbaecker]

That will change the font size in the memo, if you want to increase the default display font used by Lotus Notes on a workstation you need to edit the notes.ini file. When using higher screen resolutions Lotus Notes e-mail can become difficult for some users to read.

To increase the display font you will have to add the following command to your NOTES.INI file: Display_font_adjustment=x

Here, x is the number of points added to the default size, and is a number between 0 and 25. For example, if you want to increase the font size by 3, you would type:

Display_font_adjustment=3

First close Lotus Notes, find and edit the file, inserting the line at least ten commands from the top. Save and close the file, now restart Lotus Notes. I’d suggest that you start with a 3, it may take a few tries before you find the size which is the best for your eyes.

Changing these settings will not affect the font size on any e-mail that you send, it will only change the font used to display Notes on your workststion.

 

[PhatBlerk]

If its for one user say it is very difficult to do and will affect all - unless you give this person a mail template all of their own. If many, modifying the Lotus mail templates will work but Lotus will not support modified templates so if any thing goes wrong, they will just say restore original template and apply to effected users mail file.

If senior manager - buy bigger screen

--
Jaime

 

[kuzkuz]

Hey,

Thanks a lot for your help,
Once again we learn that:
Lotus notes = Pain in the ****

this was suppose to be an easy task...
as I'm NOT asking for trouble I will send this user on his way.... (this user wanted to use Comic font

Thanks again....
Kuz
Hey, make your did for today!
help a Newbie! (That's me )