Message box too small in Reply

[joseph]

When I click Reply, it comes with a small, very inconvenient to useless
little mesage box. I have click 'show plain text' to get a normal size that
shows more than a few lines of the composition.
I have tried find a 'drag' button to pull it bigger.
When I open up a New email message, I can use Rich text okay. The message
box is a normal size.
I like using Rich Text. Is there a 'simple' way to make the compostion box
bigger when Replying to an email?

 

[mikeyhsd]

have you tried grabbing a corner with the mouse and stretching it.




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When I click Reply, it comes with a small, very inconvenient to useless
little mesage box. I have click 'show plain text' to get a normal size that
shows more than a few lines of the composition.
I have tried find a 'drag' button to pull it bigger.
When I open up a New email message, I can use Rich text okay. The message
box is a normal size.
I like using Rich Text. Is there a 'simple' way to make the compostion box
bigger when Replying to an email?

 

[joseph]

windows live messenger 2008 build > windows live hotmail ( I always log into
hotmail through messenger)...I found a way around the problem, not a fix...
but I like using Rich text a lot, so this is how I will do it.

If I open hotmail page on Maximize, I get a normal size box for writing a
Reply, I can even go to Restore Down, and the box stays at a functional size.

If I hit Reply in the 'Restore Down' mode, that is when it is useless,,,
funny thing though, one message from an AOL address opens with a normal size
box when I click Reply in the Restore Down mode. go figure!?
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yes I tried to find a drag point to stretch it bigger, no luck
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Until they 'fix' it , i will do the above work around, but I very very
seldom use Maximize for anything, so it is a bit annoying, and just plain
lucky, I hit upon a work around...
Oh another work around is Click on Accounts, between, Help Central and
Feedback, bottom right of page.
Then click the Back button. That process turns it into a normal size box...