Why do I lose formatting when pasting Excel files into Outlook?

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kk50

When sending a table or Excel file from Outlook it arrives at it's
destination in a single column and unformatted. The same document sends and
receives okay in Outlook Express. I would like to make the table a form, but
until I can get it to look like it does when sent it is pointless. Any idea's
would be appreciated.
 
K

kk50

I'm using HTML and I am using Word 2002 as my editor. I've tried not using
Word and using plain text, but it made no difference.
 
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BillR [MVP]

Have you tried sending using the Office Envelope (the email button in the
Excel toolbar) with Word as the editor and html.That works fine for me.
 
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kk50

Yes I have tried that and it still loses the lines and the figures do not
line up. When I look at the sent file it looks fine. It is a simple
spreadsheet of 4 columns and 15 lines with figures in. When received it
arrives with the figures but not spaced out in columns, and is basically
unreadable. I suspect I could improve it by using different fonts, but there
must be a way where I can send a formatted excel sheet and it arrives looking
like it was sent.
 
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BillR [MVP]

there is a way - attach it!
kk50 said:
Yes I have tried that and it still loses the lines and the figures do not
line up. When I look at the sent file it looks fine. It is a simple
spreadsheet of 4 columns and 15 lines with figures in. When received it
arrives with the figures but not spaced out in columns, and is basically
unreadable. I suspect I could improve it by using different fonts, but
there
must be a way where I can send a formatted excel sheet and it arrives
looking
like it was sent.
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