Re: E-mail newsletter

From: tech27 (tech27_at_mail.anonymizer.com)
Date: 06/16/04 

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 23:35:18 GMT

For a company your size I would spring for Adobe Acrobat. Create your
newsletter in Publisher (or any other program you like), then send them all
the pdf file as an attachment.The employees are free, and the whole reason
for PDF is that everyone sees the document EXACTLY as you created it.

"Toni Nee" <Toni Nee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE8117A8-B775-4498-A5ED-E86DD73D44AE@microsoft.com...
> Hi All:
>
> I'm creating a fairly simple e-mail newsletter for dissemination to about
800 of our field reps (not spam! these are all our company employees). Some
have laptops, some desktops, there are all versions of Outlook ranging from
97-2003.
>
> If I create a Publisher document and File, Send To, Mail Recipient the
document looks great for 99% of the people I've tested it with. For a few
recipients the text doesn't wrap in the right places and the e-mail looks
awful.
>
> Can anyone tell me what settings might affect how the newsletter is
received? Does the recipient have to have Publisher if I send the page (vs.
an attachment)?
> Does monitor resolution or size have any affect?
> Is there a better, but still simple, tool for what I'm trying to do? I
want to send an e-mail, not direct users to a website.
> I'm using Office 2002, but the recipients may have a range of versions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Toni

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