Re: Creating email newsletters for sending via Outlook 2007

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Give this a read. I send HTML newsletter using Outlook 2007 on a Windows Vista Ultimate machine.

"DavidF" <Nope@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eh3np$cQIHA.3916@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I assume that your question is more rhetorical than not, as the information
provided through the links you provide pretty much say that even before the
changes in Outlook 2007, html formatted email was challenging at best, and
even more difficult now. As this relates to Publisher 2007: "Will I be able
to reliably produce cutting-edge email newsletters without being certain
that they will be adequately rendered when my clients receive them?", the
answer is no. But then you probably already knew or guessed that.

There is nothing "cutting edge" about what you can do with Publisher email.
Though the functionality to produce, merge and send html email is included,
it is limited and buggy. Though it is written for Publisher 2003, here is a
link that will explain just some of the many limitations in formatting: Tips and
troubleshooting for sending a publication page as an e-mail message (2003):
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HP010390591033.aspx?pid=CH062524821033

I think it would be better to look elsewhere for a program to produce
"cutting edge" html formatted email. If you want to use Pub 2007, then you will need to keep it very simple, and probably should link to most of your content on a website. Even then I doubt that you will get consistent results across all email clients. Just saying...

DavidF

"simoncomer" <simoncomer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5BD6B44E-4293-4AF6-A2D7-7E5D8970FD19@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I want to use Publisher 2007 to create and distribute email newsletters.
This
requires Outlook 2003/2007 to be installed also.

However, Microsoft has stopped using Internet Explorer to render HTML
emails, instead reverting to Microsoft Word.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338201.aspx

Unfortunately, MS Word's abilities in this area are less than exemplary.
http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/archives/2007/01/microsoft_takes_email_design_b.html

My question is this: If I create email newsletters in Publisher 2007, will
Outlook 2007 be able to handle them correctly?

If so, how?

If not, why is this not made clear in the product description for
Publisher
2007?

According to the MS Office Publisher Help & How-To page, to use the Send
E-mail command in Office Publisher 2007, you must have Outlook 2007 (or
other
suitable programs) installed.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/publisher/HA102200511033.aspx?pid=CH100502571033

This suggests that Outlook 2007 can take whatever Publisher 2007 gives it.
But is this true? Will I be able to reliably produce cutting-edge email
newsletters without being certain that they will be adequately rendered
when
my clients receive them?





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