Floasting composition window?
Caroline Gren
creates a new window apart from the mail program which therefore makes
it quick and easy to refer back to an existing emai(s)l which I may
want to do for reference or whatever. Is there a similar way one can
work with Eudora? When I choose to respond or compose a new mail, it
fills the window space that was heretofore the TOC and the preview
pane. If I click the minimize icon it makes the window smaller atop
many other mailbox windows somewhat scattered in layout (cascading or
whatever if I then go to the Window menu to select a more orderly
arrangement), It makes it all pretty unwieldy to work with a
composition window while trying to reference other mails.
So I guess my question is, is there a setting (which if there is, I've
not yet discovered) that lets me open the composition/reply window as
a separate window (as such, an icon on the task bar) which I can then
toggle in and out of? Not to compare Eudora with OE or any other
program, only mentioned as a point of reference, with OE because the
composition or reply window is its own flosting window as well as icon
on the task bar, I can move in and out of it quickly enough while
referencing other emails (notwithstanding on a dual monitor system I
can push it off to the other montior which is the ultimate convenience
for writing while looking at other mails for reference.
Ajo Wissink
<no_email_please@prefer_the_newsgroups.com> wrote:
>When I'm composing or replying to an email in outlook express it
>creates a new window apart from the mail program which therefore makes
>it quick and easy to refer back to an existing emai(s)l which I may
>want to do for reference or whatever. Is there a similar way one can
>work with Eudora?
I think that you want to have several message windows open and be able
to switch between them. That is very easy in Eudora.
Check: Tools > Options > Display > Show MDI taskbar. The messages will
show on the taskbar at the bottom of the Eudora window.
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Ajo Wissink
Caroline Gren
Do you ever sleep? You're sure very active and helpful here (along
with others). Yes, I saw the MDI checkbox moments after I posted. I
have Eudora set up on my laptop as well and noticed those window tabs
but didn't see such in my desktop installation. Comparing the Options
> Display settings was the clue. Yes, that will do. I still like the
the ability to put the open floating window per Outlook Express aside
in another monitor screen but that's a different issue and not
supported by Eudora. The MDI will suffice. Thank you.
Caroline Gren
<no_email_please@prefer_the_newsgroups.com> wrote:
When I check off the "Show MDI task bar" option and I subsequently
attempt to close all windows (either via holding down Shift and
clicking the Close Window icon, or simply closing each window one at a
time via the MDI task bar), when it gets to closing the last open
window, the Qualcomm logo/link to the right of the MDI task bar starts
blinking uncontrollably and in some cases locks up Eudora. I'm
experiencing this on both computers that I have Eudora (paid
v7.0.1.0). I tried installing on a computer that never had Eudora,
thus a clean install from scratch. Same thing happens. If I uncheck
Show MDI task bar, I don't experience this (in part perhaps because
there is no Qualcomm logon/link since there is no MDI task bar). Has
anyone else experienced this when attempting to close the last window
of open windows with MDI task bar displayed?
Katrina Knight
> When I check off the "Show MDI task bar" option and I subsequently
> attempt to close all windows (either via holding down Shift and
> clicking the Close Window icon, or simply closing each window one at a
> time via the MDI task bar), when it gets to closing the last open
> window, the Qualcomm logo/link to the right of the MDI task bar starts
> blinking uncontrollably and in some cases locks up Eudora.
That's caused by something going wrong in eudora.ini. Generally it happens
when you've docked a window that isn't normally docked. (The filter report
for example.) I have no idea exactly why it happens though. You can
probably fix it by resetting your toolbar and window settings, then
redoing whatever customization you've done to those settings.
(Newer versions of Eudora allow you to reset those setting
by holding ctrl and shift while right-clicking on the
toolbar and selecting "customize". Older versions require
you to close Eudora and delete the line
"Commercial32Version=16" from eudora.ini.) Alternatively, you can just
avoid closing the last open floating window. It only happens when no
windows are open.
> I'm
> experiencing this on both computers that I have Eudora (paid
> v7.0.1.0). I tried installing on a computer that never had Eudora,
> thus a clean install from scratch.
You didn't copy your data files to that computer? What else did you do
after installing it? I've never heard of this happening with a clean
install of Eudora where the user hasn't started trying to customize the
window settings yet. (If you did copy your data files, then it doesn't
count as a clean install.)
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Katrina