Complex HTML emails

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Ashley fletcher

I dont actually have a copy of entourage in front of me
but have been asked by a client how he can send complex
HTML emails ie is there a way that I can send him a peice
of HTML which he can paste into a mail like you can in
edit mode in outlook express? If so can somebody tell me
exactly which buttons to press so I pass on th eadvice.

thanks in advance
ashley
 
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Paul Berkowitz

I dont actually have a copy of entourage in front of me
but have been asked by a client how he can send complex
HTML emails ie is there a way that I can send him a peice
of HTML which he can paste into a mail like you can in
edit mode in outlook express? If so can somebody tell me
exactly which buttons to press so I pass on th eadvice.
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Entourage does not have the capability of creating complex HTML (containing
tables and/or links to graphics on web servers).

There are now two ways:

1) Get my script "Send Complex HTML X" (or "Send Complex HTML E" for
Entourage 2001 in OS 9) and follow the instructions in the ReadMe. But the
recipient will not be able to to paste it into another message, and
especially not edit it within Entourage. He would have to use the same
techniques himself. Its source could be edited in an HTML editor. The page -
ready to send - would either have to be installed on a web server and on
display in Internet Explorer, or else it would have to be a finished HTML
document on his computer.

2) Upgrade to Office 2004, available this week. You can now make documents
however you'd like in Word, and then choose File/Send to Mail Recipient (as
HTML), and Entourage will send it as complex HTML. So you could make the
document in Word (maybe even Word Windows), send him the Word document as an
attachment, then he could open it in Word, edit it, and send it on as HTML.

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Mickey Stevens

Entourage does not have the capability of creating complex HTML (containing
tables and/or links to graphics on web servers).

There are now two ways:

1) Get my script "Send Complex HTML X" (or "Send Complex HTML E" for
Entourage 2001 in OS 9)

2) Upgrade to Office 2004, available this week. You can now make documents
however you'd like in Word, and then choose File/Send to Mail Recipient (as
HTML), and Entourage will send it as complex HTML. So you could make the
document in Word (maybe even Word Windows), send him the Word document as an
attachment, then he could open it in Word, edit it, and send it on as HTML.
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That's true. Actually, you can open any HTML document in Word (be sure to
select Show All Documents in the Open window), and then use the "Send to
Mail Recipient (as HTML)" to send it in e-mail.

In your situation, you could actually send your client HTML code to paste in
and send. Send the client the HTML code, and have him copy it (Command-C).
Have him launch Word, create a new document, and use the File -> Save as Web
Page to convert the document to HTML format. Then, he can go to View ->
HTML Source, select all (Command-A), delete the existing code, and paste in
(Command-V) the code you want him to send. Then, he should go back to the
regular view (select View -> HTML Source again), and run the "Send to Mail
Recipient (as HTML)" command again to send the code in Entourage.
 
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The Terminator

Just a caveat to this: when you send the HTML, the message body in Entourage
(2004) is not editable. So if you need to send some information along with
the complex HTML, you'd have to do it in Word.

In addition, if you do the ³Send as HTML..² and decide not to send it,
Entourage will automatically save it as a draft. I was trying this out a few
times before I noticed I had 15 items in my Drafts folder!
 
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Paul Berkowitz

It also means you can't send an attachment with it. If you need to include
an attachment, you'd better go back to my "Send Complex HTML X" script.

--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP Entourage
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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From: The Terminator <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 16:27:08 -0700
Subject: Re: Complex HTML emails

Just a caveat to this: when you send the HTML, the message body in Entourage
(2004) is not editable. So if you need to send some information along with
the complex HTML, you'd have to do it in Word.

In addition, if you do the ³Send as HTML..² and decide not to send it,
Entourage will automatically save it as a draft. I was trying this out a few
times before I noticed I had 15 items in my Drafts folder!
 
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The Terminator

Paul,

Why is it that the HTML formatting is ruined when you view the message in
the Outbox?
 
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Paul Berkowitz

Paul,

Why is it that the HTML formatting is ruined when you view the message in the
Outbox?
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I'm not sure what the exact mechanism is, but I think viewing it before it's
sent forces the native ("simple") HTML editor which can't send complex HTML
and alters the source to something it can cope with (basically displays some
of the HTML coding as message text) before sending. The whole script is a
trick to get around that process and you ruin it by displaying before
sending, as you're warned in the ReadMe.

--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP Entourage
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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