Margins in printed emails

[IanWilson]

Where do I set the margins to be used when printing out emails from Outlook Express? My wife and I use the same PC, Win 98, separate user profiles, separate identities in OE, but when she prints out an email she gets a margin of about 1.5 cm, whereas I get virtually no margin at all. I can't see where this is set.

Ian

[James-1]

Hi Ian,

I don't have the answer, but I have the same question. Maybe somebody can clue us in. I use a Dell (only user), Windows ME, HP psc 500, and my Outlook Express (OE 5.5) e-mail printouts give me 3/4-inch left and right margins (I want more).

James

[IanWilson]

I've just worked out the answer. Outlook Express uses settings from Internet Explorer. In IE, you can set page margins and so on from the Page Setup on the File menu. I tried changing them, and it changed the margins on a printed email too. The only trouble with making them wider is that when you print out a web page you often want margins as narrow as possible so that you can fit it into the width of the paper. Anyway - mystery solved, I think.

Ian

[James-1]

Thanks Ian. I'll check it out. I rarely use IE so I probably never would have figured it out.

James

[James-1]

I tried it out, Ian. It is indeed the answer to the question; it works.

James