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Changing the background color of Outlook Express e-mail is easy!
While in the body of the e-mail,
- click on the Format button
- Select Background
- Select Color
- Make your selection from the color choices.
Be sure your text style and color will show up clearly on the color you've chosen!
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You can also use an image (graphic) as a background. The image will repeat (tile) as needed to fill the entire body of the e-mail.
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Adding sound to your e-mail
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The two most common formats for audio files used in e-mail are waves and midis.
Sound files can be HUGE in file size, and should be used with caution. Midis are usually considerably smaller than waves. Unless a wave is *very* short, try to use a midi file instead in e-mails. The file extensions often used for these files are .wav and .mid
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While in the body of the e-mail,
- Click on the Format button
- Select Background
- Select Sound. This opens a dialog box.
- Click the Browse button, and navigate to where your audio files are stored. Windows includes some sound files, in the Windows/Media folder. You may need to use the drop down at the bottom of the navigation box to show the midi (*.mid) files
- When you have located the sound file, click on it, then click on the Open button in the dialog box
- Select how often you want the sound to play, or have it play continuously while the e-mail is open.
- Click OK
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