Pasting a Word table directly into the body of an email

[Sydneyinthesun]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

Hi,

I have a problem where I attempt to paste a word table into an email. The story goes like this...
The sender sends me an email with an attachment that opens in Word as a table in a .doc file. I then need to populate the table with data and then paste into the body of an "entourage" email (not attachment) and return to the sender for further data entry. I have HTML switched on, though the data when pasted loses the table formating and is un-editable. The only way in which I can have it look the same, is if I "paste special" , which is of course not what I am after! On a standard windows PC there is no issue; so it appears as if there is a communication problem between mac Word and Entourage? Anyone know of a way around the problem?

With regards,

Pat

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi Pat,

Entourage's HTML creation engine is really weak, and it doesn't support the
creation of tables. What you can do, however, if Entourage is set as your
default e-mail application, is to modify the table in Word and then hit
File>Send to>Mail Recipient (as HTML). A new mail message will be created,
with the content of the Word document in the e-mail body. Note that you
can't modify this message anymore, and you can't add further attachments.

That being said, I would strongly advise against this practice, as it can be
much more difficult for your recipient to get the table contents out of the
e-mail message to process it. The best solution is indeed to save the
attachment to your hard drive, modify it and then attach it to the reply.

 

[T-Bone]

Hi Pat,

Entourage's HTML creation engine is really weak, and it doesn't support the
creation of tables. What you can do, however, if Entourage is set as your
default e-mail application, is to modify the table in Word and then hit
File>Send to>Mail Recipient (as HTML). A new mail message will be created,
with the content of the Word document in the e-mail body. Note that you
can't modify this message anymore, and you can't add further attachments.

That being said, I would strongly advise against this practice, as it canbe
much more difficult for your recipient to get the table contents out of the
e-mail message to process it. The best solution is indeed to save the
attachment to your hard drive, modify it and then attach it to the reply.





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Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP - Macintosh

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Dear Microsoft. Why does Entourage have so many fewer features that
are common in Outlook? To name a few:
* Use of categories
* How to enter addresses in email
* Simple HTML tables in email body
* Etc.

Why can't Entourage be Outlook for Mac? If there are features that
are Mac specific, add them. But, why oh why would MSFT issue an
email / calendar program that is LESS powerful than it's other
program? (OK, maybe that is a self evident question, but it is still
annoying.) I am a recent PC convert and if I ever switched back to PC
it would be because of differences between Entourage and Outlook.