Formatting Help

[jdy]

I have asked this question before, but I don't think that I was very clear about what my problem really is. So, I will try to be define my problem a little better.

I have designed a product update that I need to send to my customers. I designed the page in Microsoft Word, since I did not know any other way. Much of it is text, with two or three graphics that I have inserted. The page has been formatted with various lines of text centered and several lines indented to give the page a more interesting look. I have included a header that I have inserted that is a jpeg. Everything on the page looks just fine.

My problem is that when I change the view in Word from normal to web page, much of the formatting is changed. My question is, how can I keep the formatting from changing from normal view to web page view? Thanks for the help.

 

[rss01]

Did you try what I suggested in your original post?

jdy,

Did you try sending it directly from Word?

File, Send To,Mail Recipient

 

[macropod]

Hi,

If you need to maintain the layout of your document so that customers get it looking the way you intend, you really need to convert the document to PDF format.

Failing that, you can probably gain more control over the appearance of an HTML version by formatting the Word document with a table structure to control indenting etc, rather than relying solely on Word's text/para formatting.

Cheers

 

[jdy]

rss01

Yes, I did use the send to recipient and that works just fine for sending it. My problem now is just the formatting of the text and graphics. If you have any ideas on how I can better format things, I would appreciate hearing them. Thanks for all of your advice.

jdy

 

[rss01]

Is the formating ok in the original word document? If so try this.

1. In Outlook, Tools, Options, Mail Format choose Send in this message format - HTML. and check the Use Microsoft Word to edit your email messages.
2. Send the email the original way I told you.

Does this keep your format? If not try this

1. In Word, Select All, Copy, In a new Outlook Message Body, Edit, Paste Special, Paste Picture.

This will paste your document as a image with all formating and you can adjust the size.

If none of these work for you, I would suggest what macropos did above, send it as a pdf.

 

[MakeItSo]

1. In Outlook, Tools, Options, Mail Format choose Send in this message format - HTML. and check the Use Microsoft Word to edit your email messages

I'm afraid Word is only available as RTF editor, if I'm not very mistaken.

However, rss1 is right about the format: HTML format is the only mail format that will let you send mails more or less WYSIWIG. You can paste Excel tables in there and will have all color/border formatting as in Excel...

Try CTRL+A in Word and paste into an HTML-Mail.

Else try rss1's and macropod's suggestions - they're good.


Andreas Galambos
EDP / Technical Support Specialist
(andreas.galambos@bowneglobal.de)
HP:

http://www.andygalambos.de

 

[jdy]

Thanks for the help folks. I will try pasting as a picture, but my question is this...if I paste as a picture will I still be able to hyperlink specific words in the document? Thanks again.

 

[rss01]

Not pasting it as a picture.