Built-in e-mail survey??

[Pdek]

PPT 2002
I'd like to distribute slideshows on a CD with the PPTViewer included
At the end, I'd like to have an e-mail survey about how useful the
slideshow was, suggestions for improvement, etc
I've figured how to insert a link that automatically pops up an outgoing
e-mail message, complete with my e-mail address as the destination an
a subject line (not entirely sure if this works outside this building)
I'd like to have some text ready to send as well (in the body of the e-mail
So that the the viewer can just put in a few X's, and send the results back t
me
Any ideas?

 

[Kathy J]

Just as you can add a subject to your email, you can prebuild your email
content as well. However, there is a limit: The entire mailto statement must
be less that 256 characters.

To set it up, create a hyperlink on a shape. Select email address. Put your
email address in the first field and your subject in the second field. After
you finish your subject, hit the space bar. Now, type "&body" (without the
quotes) and your message body. An example subject might look like this:

Please%20complete%20this%20survey%20&body=%20%22This%20is%20my%20message%20b
ody%20text%22
(each %20 is a space)

Play around with it and see if you can make it work. You may find that you
need to do one email for each question, instead of one long email.
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[Kathy J]

Steve,
Which email clients don't support subject and body creation? Since they are
standard HTML, I thought all email clients would handle them correctly....

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[Kathy J]

Got it. The big question that leaves then is what happens if you try to
execute a mailto link from PPT on a system that doesn't have a default email
client....I have used the body command before and never heard of problems,
but it is with people who have used fairly standard email clients. May have
to find someone using an unusual email client and see what happens when they
click the link.

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[Pdek]

Thanks
It works in the building for 1 line
I'll look for other ways for something longer.

 

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