I am trying to send a mail merge from a Word document by email using my
Outlook. Whenever I send the message it goes out as a plain text email,
effecting losing all my formatting, which is essential to the project. I've
tried setting my outgoing mail in Outlook as HTML, Rich text and plain text,
but no matter how my outgoing mail is set it comes out in plain text. I
can't send as an attachment, which is my only other option. Any ideas?

You have no control over how recipients view e-mail messages and many people
who have been bitten by malicious code, or who don't wish to be, set their
mail resders to view only plain text. This is therefore a security measure.
You must send the message as a Word attachment or better still a PDF
attachment - See the article prepared by fellow MVP Doug Robbins at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/...ttachments.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




nonprofitCDS wrote:
I am trying to send a mail merge from a Word document by email using
my Outlook. Whenever I send the message it goes out as a plain text
email, effecting losing all my formatting, which is essential to the
project. I've tried setting my outgoing mail in Outlook as HTML, Rich
text and plain text, but no matter how my outgoing mail is set it
comes out in plain text. I can't send as an attachment, which is my
only other option. Any ideas?

I have a similar problem to "nonprofitsCD's". Is it possible to merge a Word
document to a Word file, thus personalising the mailshot - then print to
..pdf, thus preserving the presentation of the mailshot, and then email to the
indivdual recipients as body text rather than as an attachment ? Many systems
are set to automatically remove attachments!! ?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

You have no control over how recipients view e-mail messages and many people
who have been bitten by malicious code, or who don't wish to be, set their
mail resders to view only plain text. This is therefore a security measure.
You must send the message as a Word attachment or better still a PDF
attachment - See the article prepared by fellow MVP Doug Robbins at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/...ttachments.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




nonprofitCDS wrote:
I am trying to send a mail merge from a Word document by email using
my Outlook. Whenever I send the message it goes out as a plain text
email, effecting losing all my formatting, which is essential to the
project. I've tried setting my outgoing mail in Outlook as HTML, Rich
text and plain text, but no matter how my outgoing mail is set it
comes out in plain text. I can't send as an attachment, which is my
only other option. Any ideas?