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Hotmail edit/format toolbar. The only thing that shows up are the font choices. The others are there, (invisible),, the text or Icons are not showing. Tips show when hovering. How do I get them to be visible?

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dreammoose
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Hotmail edit/format toolbar. The only thing that shows up are the font choices. The other icons are there, but the text or Icons are not invisible. Tips show when hovering, so I can find and use the tools, but with great difficulty.

Windows XP and Vista, both up to date.

They are visible in IE and on FireFox in Windows 7. How do I get them to be visible in FireFox on XP and Vista?

Hotmail edit/format toolbar. The only thing that shows up are the font choices. The other icons are there, but the text or Icons are not invisible. Tips show when hovering, so I can find and use the tools, but with great difficulty. Windows XP and Vista, both up to date. They are visible in IE and on FireFox in Windows 7. How do I get them to be visible in FireFox on XP and Vista?

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cor-el
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If images are missing then check that you aren't blocking images from some domains.

  • Check the permissions for the domain in the current tab in "Tools > Page Info > Permissions"
  • Check that images are enabled: Tools > Options > Content: [X] Load images automatically
  • Check the exceptions in "Tools > Options > Content: Load Images > Exceptions"
  • Check the "Tools > Page Info > Media" tab for blocked images (scroll through all the images with the cursor Down key).

If an image in the list is grayed and there is a check-mark in the box "Block Images from..." then remove that mark to unblock the images from that domain.

There are also extensions (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and security software (firewall, anti-virus) that can block images.

dreammoose
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Thanks, those are good ideas, although the menu options I have are somewhat different. I didn't have anything blocked.

Looks like it was a Hotmail problem, as it simply went away the next day. I thought maybe just poking around in the menus had done it, but it was corrected on the other two computers without my doing anything.

Thanks for your info, 

  Moose