can i use a Word template in the body of Outlook? J. Ivins 12/10/2008 3:29:16 PM Outlook and Word 2007. I posted this in the Outlook forum as well but thought someone here may know as well... I have a template that I created in MS Word and what I'm wondering is this...can I use this template in the body of my Outlook message? I do not want it to be an attachment. I want it to be displayed as the main body of the message. My clients may not read the message if it is an attachment. Can I turn this Word template into an Outlook Template? Thanks All!!!!!!!!!! Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!

Re: can i use a Word template in the body of Outlook? "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> 12/10/2008 3:44:36 PM E-mail is either plain text of html. Neither is directly compatable with Word document format, so the answer to your question is no. You have no control over how a recipient views your message. Many will view all e-mails as plain text. -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> J. Ivins wrote: [Quoted Text] > Outlook and Word 2007. > > I posted this in the Outlook forum as well but thought someone here > may know as well... > > I have a template that I created in MS Word and what I'm wondering is > this...can I use this template in the body of my Outlook message? I > do not want it to be an attachment. I want it to be displayed as the > main body of the message. > > My clients may not read the message if it is an attachment. > > Can I turn this Word template into an Outlook Template? > > Thanks All!!!!!!!!!! Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!

Re: can i use a Word template in the body of Outlook? J. Ivins 12/10/2008 4:00:12 PM Thank you Graham. If this is the case, how do companies send out emails with images, graphics, and the rest in them? I receive emails from Medical Companies with these things straight in the body and not as attachments. Do they use a different email client? "Graham Mayor" wrote: [Quoted Text] > E-mail is either plain text of html. Neither is directly compatable with > Word document format, so the answer to your question is no. > You have no control over how a recipient views your message. Many will view > all e-mails as plain text. > > -- > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Graham Mayor - Word MVP > > My web site www.gmayor.com > Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > > > J. Ivins wrote: > > Outlook and Word 2007. > > > > I posted this in the Outlook forum as well but thought someone here > > may know as well... > > > > I have a template that I created in MS Word and what I'm wondering is > > this...can I use this template in the body of my Outlook message? I > > do not want it to be an attachment. I want it to be displayed as the > > main body of the message. > > > > My clients may not read the message if it is an attachment. > > > > Can I turn this Word template into an Outlook Template? > > > > Thanks All!!!!!!!!!! Happy Holidays!!!!!!!! > > >

Re: can i use a Word template in the body of Outlook? "Dan Freeman" <spam[ at ]microsoft.com> 12/10/2008 5:05:47 PM Those are HTML, and you'll find the images are actually stored (in most cases) on the sender's web server. This is actually used by spammers and phishers. They'll place a blank image in a seemingly harmless message but when you open it, downloading the image confirms to the spammer that they have a working email address. This is exactly WHY many people (I'm one of them) read email as plain text. Dan J. Ivins wrote: [Quoted Text] > Thank you Graham. If this is the case, how do companies send out > emails with images, graphics, and the rest in them? I receive emails > from Medical Companies with these things straight in the body and not > as attachments. Do they use a different email client? > > "Graham Mayor" wrote: > >> E-mail is either plain text of html. Neither is directly compatable >> with Word document format, so the answer to your question is no. >> You have no control over how a recipient views your message. Many >> will view all e-mails as plain text. >> >> -- >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >> Graham Mayor - Word MVP >> >> My web site www.gmayor.com >> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >> >> >> J. Ivins wrote: >>> Outlook and Word 2007. >>> >>> I posted this in the Outlook forum as well but thought someone here >>> may know as well... >>> >>> I have a template that I created in MS Word and what I'm wondering >>> is this...can I use this template in the body of my Outlook >>> message? I do not want it to be an attachment. I want it to be >>> displayed as the main body of the message. >>> >>> My clients may not read the message if it is an attachment. >>> >>> Can I turn this Word template into an Outlook Template? >>> >>> Thanks All!!!!!!!!!! Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!