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[AP]

I have outlook 2002. I am trying to create a graphical newsletter.
What is the best way go about it. I tried creating it in outlook first but
the text and photos didn't stay formated and the colors and photos got grainy
or became indexed colors.
With other versions of mail or outlook express I discovered that I could
bring a web page directly into the mail for recepiants to view, but I cannot
see anyway to do that with my version of outlook.

 

[Gordon]

I have outlook 2002. I am trying to create a graphical newsletter.
What is the best way go about it. I tried creating it in outlook first but
the text and photos didn't stay formated and the colors and photos got
grainy
or became indexed colors.
With other versions of mail or outlook express I discovered that I could
bring a web page directly into the mail for recepiants to view, but I
cannot
see anyway to do that with my version of outlook.

Then your best bet is to create in Word and print to a pdf creator. (Or get
Open Office which will save as a pdf file natively)

 

[AP]

How do you insert a pdf into the body of the newsletter so the recepiant can
see it?

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Tuesday, April 14, 2009 7:59:03 AM, and on a whim,
AP pounded out on the keyboard:

I have outlook 2002. I am trying to create a graphical newsletter.
What is the best way go about it. I tried creating it in outlook first but
the text and photos didn't stay formated and the colors and photos got grainy
or became indexed colors.
With other versions of mail or outlook express I discovered that I could
bring a web page directly into the mail for recepiants to view, but I cannot
see anyway to do that with my version of outlook.

Hi AP,

Simple. Don't use OL for creating newsletters. I would download Nvu:
http://www.net2.com/nvu/

Create an HTML file and attach it rather than trying to create a good
looking HTML email. Note that if you are going to use images, post them
to a website where they can be accessed anywhere, and have your image
references point to the locations on the website. There are a lot of
free sites, but you most likely have some free storage from your ISP.
This will greatly reduce the file size sent to everyone, something HTML
creation in OL is oblivious to.

You could also do as Gordon suggested and use a word processor and print
to a PDF, but at least now you have another option.


Terry R.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:11:02 AM, and on a whim,
AP pounded out on the keyboard:

How do you insert a pdf into the body of the newsletter so the recepiant can
see it?

You don't. You could use an iframe tag to display a PDF if your email
client allows HTML editing and insertion, but not all mail clients
support the iframe tag, so it's not recommended.


Terry R.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I have outlook 2002. I am trying to create a graphical newsletter.
What is the best way go about it. I tried creating it in outlook first but
the text and photos didn't stay formated and the colors and photos got
grainy
or became indexed colors.
With other versions of mail or outlook express I discovered that I could
bring a web page directly into the mail for recepiants to view, but I cannot
see anyway to do that with my version of outlook.

See if this helps: http://www.slipstick.com/mail1/html.htm