mail merge -- attachment at bottom of email jasontgrimm[ at ]gmail.com 5/14/2007 4:06:52 PM Hi, I've been using the Doug Robbins instructions for attaching files to a mass email, and (to this point) everything has worked great. Here's my question: When I run the macro, the first character of my message is replaced with my first attachment. For instance, if my message is: "Hi. Thanks for the attachment." I get: "<<AttachedFile>>i. Thanks for the attachment." [Quoted Text] >From the files that I send (ie looking in my "sent items" box), the first character is missing, but Yahoo! and other internet mail programs seem smart enough to compensate. (Too bad I'm not only mailing to Yahoo emails.) Second question: It's a little confusing to attach files at the top of my email. Is there a way to force the attachment to the bottom, or (better yet) into the body of my email? Thanks! jtg

Re: mail merge -- attachment at bottom of email "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr[ at ]REMOVECAPSmvps.org> 5/15/2007 9:18:48 AM The macro was really only designed for use with Microsoft Outlook. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP <jasontgrimm[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1179158812.855609.97190[ at ]k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I've been using the Doug Robbins instructions for attaching files to a > mass email, and (to this point) everything has worked great. Here's > my question: > > When I run the macro, the first character of my message is replaced > with my first attachment. For instance, if my message is: > > "Hi. Thanks for the attachment." > > I get: "<<AttachedFile>>i. Thanks for the attachment." > >>From the files that I send (ie looking in my "sent items" box), the > first character is missing, but Yahoo! and other internet mail > programs seem smart enough to compensate. (Too bad I'm not only > mailing to Yahoo emails.) > > Second question: It's a little confusing to attach files at the top of > my email. Is there a way to force the attachment to the bottom, or > (better yet) into the body of my email? > > Thanks! > > jtg >

Re: mail merge -- attachment at bottom of email jasontgrimm[ at ]gmail.com 5/15/2007 1:46:41 PM On May 15, 5:18 am, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <d...[ at ]REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote: [Quoted Text] > The macro was really only designed for use with Microsoft Outlook. > > -- > Hope this helps. > > Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my > services on a paid consulting basis. > > Doug Robbins - Word MVP > > <jasontgr...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1179158812.855609.97190[ at ]k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > > > > > Hi, > > > I've been using the Doug Robbins instructions for attaching files to a > > mass email, and (to this point) everything has worked great. Here's > > my question: > > > When I run the macro, the first character of my message is replaced > > with my first attachment. For instance, if my message is: > > > "Hi. Thanks for the attachment." > > > I get: "<<AttachedFile>>i. Thanks for the attachment." > > >>From the files that I send (ie looking in my "sent items" box), the > > first character is missing, but Yahoo! and other internet mail > > programs seem smart enough to compensate. (Too bad I'm not only > > mailing to Yahoo emails.) > > > Second question: It's a little confusing to attach files at the top of > > my email. Is there a way to force the attachment to the bottom, or > > (better yet) into the body of my email? > > > Thanks! > > > jtg- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I'm sorry-- I wasn't clear in my first post. I'm running the macro from Word 2002 to Outlook 2002, and it's in Outlook where I have the problem. (I mentioned internet mail programs because Yahoo!, for whatever reason, seems smart enough to compensate for the lost character.) The macro clips the attachment to the top of my email in Outlook, often replacing the first single character of my email. I can simply put a few spaces at the top of my email... that's an easy enough fix for the lost characters from my message... but it would be great to embed the attachments into the body of my email, or at least force the attachment to appear at the bottom of the email text. Do you have any experience with editing the placement of the attachment? Thanks.