Stationery Tips

A wide range of stationery and OE tips, big and small. You'll find newsgroup tips, saving stationery, sound, and a host of other helpful stationery tips here. Click on the blue link to load the tip. Tips sometimes contain multiple graphics and may take extra time to load. After viewing, click the BACK button on your browser to return to this page.




Download Tips
Read the download tips for downloading scripts, programs, and stationery from this site.


Setting up Outlook Express for Stationery
To get started in the stationery game, you need to do this first. Learn how to set up OE here.


Checking Post Size Before Sending
It's important to know the size of your post before you send it. And too, just what are the requirements? Some general guidelines on this are presented too.


Saving Stationery for Reuse the Easy Way
Many newcomers have trouble saving complicated stationery for reuse. You cannot use the SAVE STATIONERY AS menu item as Microsoft suggests. Find out how to do it the easy way.


How to Strip Scripts for Reuse
Here is a definitive tutorial on stripping a script so you can reuse it with your own images and sound. Give it a try - you can do it!


Specifying the Full File Path
Everyone is confused about "The Full File Path" and when to use it. This tip will show you how and eliminate some of the confusion.


Using <BGSOUND>
Find out how to include sounds (WAV and MIDI) with your post or e-mail.


Changing the Screen Background Color
Make your screen background a different color. This simple tip shows you how.


Adding a General Screen Background Image
Learn how to add or change a screen background image in a script. It's easy.


Turning on File Extensions
You can't tell the players without a scorecard. You can't identify files easily unless file extensions are turned on. You need to do this to advance your stationery career.


Saving ASFs & Sounds in Posts/Web Pages
Save that nice ASF someone just posted. Or save a WAV or MIDI file playing in the background on a web page. Learn the technique here.


Default Stationery for E-Mails and Posts
You have a choice in default stationery when composing a new e-mail or post. If you don't exercise this option, you get the standard "Compose Window" default: standard font-family, text color, size, and background (white background, black Arial font, 10 point size). Boooring! Let me show you how to add flair to your life by creating a simple default stationery of your own.


Grab Inbox Messages with Message Grabber
Read your regular incoming e-mail while surfing the NewsGroup. A great tip compiled by Sally Prestgard.


Getting out of Error Loops
Ever been caught in an endless error dialog box when viewing a post? CTRL-ALT-DELETE is not the only solution. See how to avoid this trap.


Add the Preview Button to the OE Toolbar
Another (and better) way to get out of that post that's locking up your OE. A great tip from Joan F.


Modifying the Grid Script
A short tip on modifications you can make to the popular Grid Script.