[documentation prepared by Cathi Greenwood Nov. 2003:]
Use E-wrapper to:
Prepare e-mail newsletters so they wrap at a specified width. This means your readers can read the newsletter without scrolling to the right, no matter what e-mail software they are using.
Remove extra characters from the beginning of each line of text. Some e-mail programs are set to add characters like <, |, or > to the beginning of each line in a reply.
Installing E-wrapper 2.0
How to Use E-wrapper 2.0
What E-wrapper Does
Additional Resources
To install E-wrapper 2.0:
1. Click this link: http://organizenow.net/ewrapper/version20.zip
2. Fill out the form with your name, and e-mail address, and optional organization information.
3. Click OK.
The Download Confirmation screen opens.
4. If desired, enter your Postal Address. Read the notes on the screen for more information.
5. Click Download.
6. If a dialog box opens asking you what you want to do with the downloaded file (it is called "Version20"), we recommend you choose to "save it to disk" and then choose a location on your computer in a place you can find later. Many people find it easiest to save the download to their Windows desktop.
7. Click or Double-click the installer icon ("Version20").
8. The E-wrapper 2.0 Install Program opens. Follow the instructions on each screen: Click Next 2 times, and then click Yes to start E-wrapper.
To paste the original text, you first copy the text that you wrote or found in another program, like Word, Internet Explorer, or your e-mail program.
To copy text from another program:
1) Open the document, e-mail, or web page that contains the text you want to copy so that you can see the text on your screen.
2) Hold down the left button on your mouse while you drag across all the text that you want to copy.
Note: Once you have dragged across it, all the text you want to copy should be highlighted or have a dark background.
3) Copy the highlighted text by holding down the Ctrl key on your keyboard while you type the letter C.
Notes:
The highlighted text has now been copied to the Windows clipboard, and is ready for you to paste into E-wrapper.
4) In E-wrapper, click Paste Original Text.
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This messaged wrapped with eWrapper 2.0, a free utility for Windows. See http://organizenow.net/ewrapper.
3. Set width (use slider on the left)
With your mouse, drag the slider (the orange and white bar) to the right to the number of characters you want in each line after the text is wrapped.
Once you have selected the desired options and set the width, the text is ready to be used in your newsletter or e-mail.
To copy wrapped text and paste it in another program:
1) Click Copy Wrapped Text to copy the wrapped text to the Windows clipboard.
2) Create a new e-mail or word processing document.
3) Paste the text by holding down the Ctrl key on your keyboard while you type the letter V.
Notes:
To wrap more text, click the Clear button and go back to step 1.
E-wrapper wraps your text to the length that you specify.
The longest line of text will be the exact number of characters that you specify.
Most lines will be shorter since E-wrapper makes sure it does not break a line in the middle of a word, or before punctuation.
If the 65th character falls in the middle of a word, or before punctuation, the entire word is moved to the next line.
Guidelines for making e-mail newsletters
Copyright information