Thanks Tim, I'm 65 and find it very hard to read in all CAPS. I find it flows together and is very hard on my eyes. So now when I get an email in CAPS I just delete it without trying to read. I don't need the extra stress. I also delete emails that are in all lower case as well. I think people that do this don't have enough respect for their families names to capitalize them should be ashame of themselves. BTW: Do you have any connection to the KEMP'S from Gloucester Co., VA that married into the PLUMMER'S. I'm from Kemp PLUMMER. Be Well Cuz Joe (Plummer) McDonald Tim Kemp <tkemp@mindspring.com> wrote: Okay... Comments from the 54 year old "youngster" who only feels like he is 70 years old. That is by far the best way to do it, Sue. In fact it is the only way which really works. Being on over 150 lists I see this discussed regularly. Reading tests conducted by speed reading researchers have consistantly shown that using all upper case not only does NOT help you read it better, but it actually makes it harder to read and slows you down. So when you use all upper case it not only does not really help you read what you are writing, it also makes it harder for your intended readers to read it. Some people say, "But it helps me.", but people who say that have been proven wrong over and over by actual reading speed tests. This is true for 2 reasons: 1) It does not make the letters any bigger at all. They are all still the same height and width that they were when they were in lower case. 2) Most of your reading, other than with kids just learning to read, is not actually done by looking at the individual letter, but is in fact done by looking at the shape of the word as a whole. When you use all upper case letters the shape of the word as a whole is destroyed. All words are shaped the same. Some are just longer or shorter than others. Besides, lists of rules for proper email use say that using all upper case should never be done. They say that in email it symbolizes that you are yelling at someone and is considered as rude. (Not meaning anything against Barbara who has already stated that it was a mistake and not intended.) Tim Kemp Sue Ashby wrote: >Hi Ladies, > >Just wanted to jump in here and give a tip (from another 70 year old) >who isn't seeing as well as a few years ago.... To help you read your >email and anything else, if you will go to your tool bar then click on >it and in the drop down menu go to the "text zoom" , you can set the >text for as high as 300X the size you are looking at now. The default >setting is 100% and I usually set it at 125%. Of course, it doesn't make >any difference when you're typing the text. > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Joe saw your post on using capps or lower case only. I think it is laziness ! Gail looking for C. Rhodes m. Lydia Smith in Wake co.

No, Joe. I am no relation (that I know of) to that KEMP line. My KEMP's are from Talbot County, MD. I do the same thing here, Joe. If I get a message in all upper case I delete it unread. I find that a lot of people do that due to the difficulty reading them. If it is all lower case I will often read it as long as it is punctuated properly, but if it is lower case and doesn't have proper puncuation then I find readingthem near impossible. All the sentences run together. I can guess at when one ends and another starts, but if I guess wrong it can totally change the meaning of an entire email. When you see them without punctuation like that you can often tell from the portions you can understand that the writer is intelligent and would definitely know better. In cases like that it is obvious to me the sender is just too durn lazy, and if they are too lazy to write it properly, I am too lazy to waste my time reading it. Well, I'm not toolazy, but I feel like I shouldn't have to waste me time simply because they would not take their time to do it properly Tim Kemp Joe McDonald wrote: >Thanks Tim, > I'm 65 and find it very hard to read in all CAPS. I find it flows together and is very hard on my eyes. So now when I get an email in CAPS I just delete it without trying to read. I don't need the extra stress. I also delete emails that are in all lower case as well. I think people that do this don't have enough respect for their families names to capitalize them should be ashame of themselves. > > BTW: Do you have any connection to the KEMP'S from Gloucester Co., VA that married into the PLUMMER'S. I'm from Kemp PLUMMER. > > Be Well Cuz > Joe (Plummer) McDonald >