Email Effects is a program for getting the most out of eMail. With it, you can send pictures, drawings and tables with simple plain text.
There are tools available in the toolbar at the top of the screen. Most mirror normal painting tools, but in Email Effects characters are used instead of pixels. Other tools perform tasks specific to Email Effects.
Designed primarily for eMails, Email Effects enforces some necessary limitations. Firstly, each line of text produced will be of a fixed width - this ensures that the messages displays correctly on the receiving computer. This width may be set - although most systems can theoretically handle 80 characters, it is recommended to limit this to 74 or less. The dimensions of the document can be edited by choosing Dimensions from the Email menu. Note : The number of rows will always be automatically increased if necessary. The unregistered version of Email Effects has a maximum width of 50 columns.
The second limitation is the characters available for use. Unless the message is being sent to another Macintosh computer (and even then there may be problems), any characters outside the standard ASCII range (values 32 to 127) will emerge garbled. Attempting to use a character out of this range will produce an error message. This restriction can be removed in the Preferences dialog box, but it is recommended.
There are two sources of help within Email Effects. First is this dialog box, containing various topics. There is some general information, a section covering each of the tools, and finally details on certain areas of capability. The second source is Active Help, displayed at the bottom of the toolbar, which gives details about the area under the mouse. This can be toggled in the Help or balloon menu.
We hope you enjoy using Email Effects. If there are any queries, comments or suggestions, please contact us at support@sigsoftware.com.
