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Kshamile - 01 Mar 2007 17:25 GMT
I am trying to use what we have (Publisher) and create cool looking email
newsletters, with the type of look and function of Constant Contact and other
such programs.

What does Publisher have to offer and is there a email merge feature (like
in Word) so that I do not have to manually copy and paste hundreds of email
addreses into the send to field? Are there any newsletter type of things that
simply will not work in Publisher?

Thanks for your help.
Mike Koewler - 01 Mar 2007 22:50 GMT
You have hundreds of people signed up to get your newsletter? Are these
people in your address book?

Mike

> I am trying to use what we have (Publisher) and create cool looking email
> newsletters, with the type of look and function of Constant Contact and other
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> Thanks for your help.
Kshamile - 01 Mar 2007 23:11 GMT
No, they have not been entered into our address book. They're in an Excel file.

> You have hundreds of people signed up to get your newsletter? Are these
> people in your address book?
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> > Thanks for your help.
DavidF - 02 Mar 2007 00:13 GMT
Assuming that you are using Publisher 2003, then you will not get the same
results as a program that is specially designed for a purpose such as
Constant Contact. However, you can get some pretty good results. Reference:
Create and send e-mail publications using Publisher:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA010743381033.aspx

Some keys. Start with one of the email formatted templates. Don't try to
send 8.5 inch wide emails. You can only send one page...keep it small, and
link to other content on your website. You can send it as an image or HTML.
Go to tools > options > Web Tab and uncheck or check "send entire
publication as an image...". Note if you do send it as an image the file
size is likely to be pretty large, which is going to upset many of those
people that you send it to. Check the file size before you start sending it
to people with a dial up modem especially. If the recipient has their email
client set for plain text, they will not be able to read the html version.
Send it to yourself and see how big of file it is.

You will not be able to merge emails with particular addresses with
Publisher 2003, but you can with Pub 2007. You can email a Pub 2003 version
to a group from Outlook or OE, but I would do that after sending a copy to
yourself, and then forwarding that to your group.

In general, you might want to consider converting your newsletter to PDF and
attaching it. It will be a smaller file size than sending as an image, your
content will look exactly as you intended, and most people do have the Adobe
Reader installed.

DavidF

> No, they have not been entered into our address book. They're in an Excel
> file.
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