Question about Mail, text color

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Question about Mail, text color

I am trying to change my outgoing mail font color. In preferences, fonts, there is a place to choose the font color right where you choose what font you want to type in. I chose blue. But while it is showing blue on the color palate, it does not change my typed fonts color. It is still black.

My question is: Is there a way to change the fonts color in my outgoing mail messages as part of my permanent preferences? Or do I need to manually change the color for each message by highlighting the text typed, and choosing he color. Which is a big pain.

I find it hard to believe that Apple would not have a way to set up the text color in preferences.

Any help would be appreciated.

Posted on Aug 23, 2012 1:40 AM

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Answer 1

rommcm

Level 1

4 points

Sep 16, 2014 3:59 PM in response to Ju1244

I have a work around you might try.

Add a signature to your email account with whatever font you want. Two steps...like this.

1. Create a new email message:

2. Add a new signature (Mail -> Preferences -> Signatures) and Paste Clip Board into the new Signature editor:

That's All Folks!

Now, when you create new messages, you should find that the format you are looking for is already setup. All you have to do is tweak the Name,

Hope this helps!

roymmcm

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Answer 2

rommcm

Level 1

4 points

Sep 16, 2014 4:11 PM in response to Christian Joffson

I have a work around you might try.

Add a signature to your email account with whatever font you want. Two steps...like this.

1. Create a new email message:

2. Add a new signature (Mail -> Preferences -> Signatures) and Paste Clip Board into the new Signature editor:

That's All Folks!

Now, when you create new messages, you should find that the format you are looking for is already setup. All you have to do is tweak the Name,

Hope this helps!

roymmcm

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Answer 3

Aug 23, 2012 3:08 AM in response to Christian Joffson

You can't by default have outgoing Email text in Colour but you can set different Colours for quoted text in replies. See Mail Preferences, Fonts & Colours, Level One, Two, Three and so on.

The problem with sending Email text in Colour is that, not all recipients can receive RichText Emails and that is exactly what you will have to do by adding Coloured text (Convert to RichText). Now if you want to send pretty Emails then select the Stationery Pane Button in the Mail Tool Bar [Top Right].

Normal Emails should always be sent as Plain Text.

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Answer 4

Ju1244

Level 1

8 points

Nov 22, 2013 9:07 AM in response to Bodycalming

Your assertion that "normal Emails should always be sent as Plain Text" is a matter of opinion. And as a matter of rule, email, is not capitalized. What is chosen as "normal" or the default text was someone elses choice at apple.

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