Differences with Outlook2007 email reader

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Graham Robinson

I have noticed a few differences with the Outlook2007 email reader with HTML
messages.

Firstly I have some emails that contain HTML content with client side
scripting. The specific example I know has hidden areas that appear when a
mouse rollover event happens. This all worked fine in earlier version but now
the hidden areas are always displayed in the Outlook2007 reader. Does anyone
know if there is a configuration setting to make this work as before?

Also on earlier readers in HTML emails you could righ-click on images and
you would get the context menu of your browser so you could do a "Save to."
and save the image. The context menu is now completely different. Does anyone
know how to return to the standard browser context menu?

Thanks,
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

1) Earlier versions of Outlook discouraged HTML scripting but users could see it if they used the View in Internet Zone command. Outlook 2007 does not support HTML scripting at all. Users will need to use the View in Browser command.

2) That's not possible. Outlook 2007 doesn't use the IE browser at all.
 
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Graham Robinson

Thanks for your reply Sue. Can I ask what do you suggect as the best way to
deliver some sort of active/interactive email content to Outlook 2007?

Cheers
Graham
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

Outlook 2007 does not support any kind of interactive content, for security reasons. You can, however, suggest that the recipient open the message in the browser. To direct the recipient of a message to use the View in Browser command to see the message content that Outlook 2007 blocks, you can include a special element in your HTML code. To display directions to Outlook 2007 users at the top of the message, put code like this just after the <body> tag:

<!--[if gte mso 12]><BR>To see the interactive content of this message using Outlook 2007, click the <STRONG>Other Actions</STRONG> button, then <STRONG>View in Browser</STRONG>.<BR><![endif]-->

The <!--[if gte mso 12]> tag in effect says: show this tag’s content only if the rendering engine is greater than or equal to Office “12,†that is, only if it is Office 2007 or later. Of course, a security-conscious user would ignore the suggestion.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54
 

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