Word as HTML Editor

[Alex Cook]

Hi guys,

I'm using word->script editor as my HTML editor for
emails in Outlook 2002 but it's sending me crazy. I paste
code into script editor, save, but then Word stuffs all
the formatting up and it looks stupid.

The page looks fine if I save as .HTML and then view it
other applications, it's just Word that wrecks it.

When I save it or view it in Word, the text sizes
seemingly change after links, tables look stupid,
everything goes ugly.

My dilemma is that I need to use Word to send my email
because I need to electronic Mail Merge it. Is there ANY
way around my problem? Can I turn off Word's stupid
changing of code so it just accepts PLAIN AND CLEAN html,
and doesn't touch it?

Any help greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Alex

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

For best results, in Word, use Tools | Options | General | E-mail Options |
General and choose High for the HTML filtering option and Rely on CSS for
Font Formatting. This will keep the "noise" in the HTML tags to a minimum,
although it probably won't go as far as you'd like. You should also use CSS
in your HTML tags wherever possible.

There are also third-party tools for mass mailing, if you prefer to stop
using Word.