Re: Creating email newsletters for sending via Outlook 2007

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I am not a fan of Outlook and have only used OE to send Publisher generated
html messages. I suspect that even though you are willing to KISS, you may
find Pub 2007 come up short of your expectations. I wouldn't suggest buying
it for just this purpose, as there is better software available that you
would probably be happier with.

If you study the email templates provided by MSFT, in almost every one of
them there is a "read more" link following an introductory paragraph. I
believe the intent is to send a relatively simple email, and then link to
the majority of the content on a web site. Personally I find this most
effective to attracting me. Alternatively, I prefer an introductory email
message with an attached PDF file.

I think the best choice for you is to download the trial version of Pub 2007
and try it for yourself. Ultimately, only you can decide if Publisher html
formatted emails will do what you want.

DavidF

"simoncomer" <simoncomer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for all the replies folks.

First up, I should point out that I inadvertently posted this same query
again. I was supposed to be notified of replies but I didn't get any, so I
assumed my query hadn't been successfully submitted. Apologies for any
confusion or clutter.

OK, so the term "cutting edge" mightn't convey what I am trying to do. I
fully appreciate the KISS rule, and I am not fond of noisy & fussy email
newsletters that SHOUT at you and try to win your favour by including
every
gimmick, bell and whistle available.

That said, I want my email newsletters to look attractive, to be well laid
out, to have good use of colour, and to have attractive images. All this
is
presumably achievable in Publisher 2007.

If my email newsletters look dull or downbeat, then I won't be able to
compete for the attention of readers who are used to having their
attention
drawn to slick productions.

The criticism of Outlook 2007 is that the dropping of the IE HTML
rendering
function has put HTML email design "back 5 years".

I am happy to KISS, but I don't want to have to work harder to do it!

Likewise, I am unhappy with the ambiguity here. Even as the advertising
copywriters are extolling the virtues of Publisher 2007 in its ability to
produce email newsletters, elsewhere the tech people are dismantling
Outlook
2007's ability to render such output optimally!

Do these guys not talk to each other?

"DavidF" wrote:

Charles,

I was not saying that you can't, or even shouldn't use Publisher to send
html email or newsletters. I was just reacting to the OP's desire to send
"cutting edge" html newsletters. My general advice to anyone that wants
to
use Publisher to send html emails is to KISS or they are likely to have
formatting issues. Besides, you use FP to produce your newsletters don't
you?

DavidF

"Charles W Davis" <Anthemwebs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Give this a read. I send HTML newsletter using Outlook 2007 on a
Windows
Vista Ultimate machine.




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