In a message dated 7/13/2005 1:33:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, Grace@eufaula.rr.com writes: Hi listers. I hope someone can help me. My ISP is Road Runner. When I click Reply on an e-mail I received, and get the Reply screen, I can then click my cursor into any spot within that received e-mail, click on a different color, and type my reply within the msg I received. This helps maintain continuity of thought, and cuts down on lots of scrolling up and down to see what comes next, especially if the msg is long. I have friends with different ISPs who can also do this. But my friend that has AOL 9 can't find a way to do it. Other AOL users have told her that it's possible, but can't give her specific instructions. If anyone knows how to do this, I would appreciate simple, baby-step instructions. And you'll have my undying gratitude. :o) Thank you. Grace in Georgia, USA --- Grace- Yes, you can do this with AOL 9.0. There are several factors in setting things up that allow you to do this. First click on MAIL in the tool bar up top...then select MAIL SETTINGS. Under the GENERAL tab at the bottom is a choice of reply options. You can select either including all text of the original message in your reply or only including selected text (meaning text you highlight prior to clicking on reply each time). Next you can select your quote style -- either a blue line which denotes the quoted text, indented text for the quoted text or "none" which has no formatting to it--just quotes the text. Once you have the mail settings the way you want them--when you want to reply to a message click on reply. Then have your cursor blinking where you wish to insert your reply text and then click on the RED A in the tool bar at the top of the email reply window and select the color you want from the chart that comes up. Click the button to extablish that color and then just type your text. If you are interspersing your reply into the original message each time you click to place your cursor into a new spot within the original old text you are replying to you will need to bring down the color menu again and select the color again. If you are typing your reply all in one place, then you only need to do this once. Note that this doesn't work if you are replying to a mailing list message because the colored text and formatting won't work with plain text emails--and RootsWeb lists only permit plain text emails. Joan

Bless you, Joan. Your instructions sound like just what my friend needs. I'll forward them to her and see what results she gets. Thank you so much, Grace in Georgia, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: JYoung6180@aol.com To: Grace@eufaula.rr.com ; SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Inserting reply within received e-mail In a message dated 7/13/2005 1:33:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, Grace@eufaula.rr.com writes: Hi listers. I hope someone can help me. My ISP is Road Runner. When I click Reply on an e-mail I received, and get the Reply screen, I can then click my cursor into any spot within that received e-mail, click on a different color, and type my reply within the msg I received. This helps maintain continuity of thought, and cuts down on lots of scrolling up and down to see what comes next, especially if the msg is long. I have friends with different ISPs who can also do this. But my friend that has AOL 9 can't find a way to do it. Other AOL users have told her that it's possible, but can't give her specific instructions. If anyone knows how to do this, I would appreciate simple, baby-step instructions. And you'll have my undying gratitude. :o) Thank you. Grace in Georgia, USA --- Grace- Yes, you can do this with AOL 9.0. There are several factors in setting things up that allow you to do this. First click on MAIL in the tool bar up top...then select MAIL SETTINGS. Under the GENERAL tab at the bottom is a choice of reply options. You can select either including all text of the original message in your reply or only including selected text (meaning text you highlight prior to clicking on reply each time). Next you can select your quote style -- either a blue line which denotes the quoted text, indented text for the quoted text or "none" which has no formatting to it--just quotes the text. Once you have the mail settings the way you want them--when you want to reply to a message click on reply. Then have your cursor blinking where you wish to insert your reply text and then click on the RED A in the tool bar at the top of the email reply window and select the color you want from the chart that comes up. Click the button to extablish that color and then just type your text. If you are interspersing your reply into the original message each time you click to place your cursor into a new spot within the original old text you are replying to you will need to bring down the color menu again and select the color again. If you are typing your reply all in one place, then you only need to do this once. Note that this doesn't work if you are replying to a mailing list message because the colored text and formatting won't work with plain text emails--and RootsWeb lists only permit plain text emails. Joan