How do I send an E-Newsletter so it looks the same to everyone?

[T]

I am trying to send my E-Newsletter and want it to look the same to everyone;
however it is not. Some people get the email and the logo comes across
bigger or takes up the whole page, font looks different, etc. How do I
ensure that it looks the same to everyone. I use Outlook for sending my
emails and Publisher for creating the E-Newsletter.

 

[Ed Bennett]

I am trying to send my E-Newsletter and want it to look the same to
everyone; however it is not. Some people get the email and the logo
comes across bigger or takes up the whole page, font looks different,
etc. How do I ensure that it looks the same to everyone

The only way to guarantee it looks anywhere near the same for everyone is to
convert the file to PDF.

HTML is not a format designed for a perfectly uniform look, and Publisher
isn't particularly good at outputting HTML anyway.

A free PDF converter is available from www.primopdf.com

 

[T]

Thank you; however, I would like to send it within the email, not as an
attachement. Is there a better program to do this with rather than
publisher? PDF won't work for that purpose.

 

[Mary Sauer]

How to save your publication as a Web Archive in Publisher and share it in e-mail
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312157

 

[T]

Thanks for the info; however, when I save it as a web page, it does not come
out looking the same way as it was designed. Any hints on how to fix that?

 

[Mary Sauer]

The article pretty much spelled it all out. As you probably experienced, when you
convert any Publisher document to a web page, lots of things change.
This is what it says in the article
Graphics and pictures in your Web publication may appear in different positions when
compared to the original .pub file. The insertion of the text boxes can cause
graphics to shift positions. If this is the case, you may want to further modify your
publication before you send it to others to view. To do this, open your publication
as a .pub file, and then make the necessary changes. Save it again as a .pub file,
and then save it as an .mht file. For instructions about how to do this, see steps 1
through 3 of the "Save Your Publication As an .mht File" section.

 

[jack.murphy]

T,

You can use www.Deliverent.com to publish emails to opt-in subscribers.
Deliverent has a very powerful import mechanism that can suck in any
web page and convert it to a format that's suitable for emailing.

You can also use Deliverent to add a send-to-friend button to your
site. Deliverent's send-to-friend button is very powerful because the
same button code can be deployed for your entire site. There is no page
to page configuration. This is a 100% free service.

Let me know what you think!

Jack