Re: mail merging formatted content

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From: raj (raj_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 20:09:02 -0700

Thank you Russ. But can you please let me know how to acheive my task, i mean a workaround.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Nothing is wrong. It is very well documented that in versions that old, mail
> merges have always defaulted to plain text.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "raj" <raj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6C730BAE-E54B-4FE3-B6D3-9F274D4A6B08@microsoft.com...
> > I am using Outlook 2000 SR1 and Word 2000 SR1.
> >
> > I have an email message that I need to send to everyone in my
> > contacts folder. I know I can create a distribution list and place
> > it in the bcc: field, with my own email in the To: field, but I
> > need each recipient to see only their own email, not mine or
> > others, in the To: field. So I tried Mail Merge. The body of my
> > message contains some formatted text and also few images. I
> > changed my Outlook's Mail Format as HTML and MSWord as my email
> > editor. When I send the messages through mail merge, the
> > receiver's mail is not formatted, and also no images are seen.
> >
> > But, when I send a mail individually to them, the receiver
> > receives the mail in HTML format.
> >
> > I also checked the recipient's property "Send email using plain
> > text only" and it is checked OFF.
> >
> > Can some one please suggest me what is going wrong here?
>
>
>

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