Double Line Spacing

[Shaun]

Hi,

I have changed my Outlook settings so that it doesn't use Word to compose
email messages. This is a requirement so that I can use Sage ACT!
functionality. The problem is that my signature now appears with double line
spacing. If I set it to compose as plain text as opposed to HTML this solves
the problem, except for when I reply to an HTML email. Can anyone explain
why this is happening?

Thanks

 

[Mark J. McGinty]

Hi,

I have changed my Outlook settings so that it doesn't use Word to compose
email messages. This is a requirement so that I can use Sage ACT!
functionality. The problem is that my signature now appears with double
line spacing. If I set it to compose as plain text as opposed to HTML this
solves the problem, except for when I reply to an HTML email. Can anyone
explain why this is happening?

Thanks

The HTML for your sig probably wraps each line in <P>whatever text</P> tags.
Default CSS styles for the P[aragraph] tag cause this to display as if there
is a blank line between each line of text. To fix it, edit the HTML
directly to remove the <P> at the beginning of each line, and replace the
</P> at the end of each line with <BR> (the breaking line tag.)

It is possible that there may not be any </P> (closing paragraph) tags
there. (They are required by W3C spec, but many browsers will render
adequately without them.) If that's the case, you'll have to wing it a bit,
just get rid of the opening <P> tags and place a <BR> where ever a new line
should begin.


-Mark

 

[Shaun]

Hi,

I have changed my Outlook settings so that it doesn't use Word to compose
email messages. This is a requirement so that I can use Sage ACT!
functionality. The problem is that my signature now appears with double
line spacing. If I set it to compose as plain text as opposed to HTML
this solves the problem, except for when I reply to an HTML email. Can
anyone explain why this is happening?

Thanks

The HTML for your sig probably wraps each line in <P>whatever text</P>
tags. Default CSS styles for the P[aragraph] tag cause this to display as
if there is a blank line between each line of text. To fix it, edit the
HTML directly to remove the <P> at the beginning of each line, and replace
the </P> at the end of each line with <BR> (the breaking line tag.)

It is possible that there may not be any </P> (closing paragraph) tags
there. (They are required by W3C spec, but many browsers will render
adequately without them.) If that's the case, you'll have to wing it a
bit, just get rid of the opening <P> tags and place a <BR> where ever a
new line should begin.


-Mark

Thanks Mark