Email Newsletter is too tiny

[oezio]

After finishing an email newsletter and sending it to myself, I noticed that
the whole thing was a bit small and hard to read.

It looked much better in Publisher, prior to sending.

How does one make it so you don't need glasses to read it?

 

[Don Schmidt]

The way I do it is convert the newsletter into a pdf format and send it as
an attachment.

This will require you to have a pdf creating program i.e., Adobe Acrobat or
a lesser costing program i.e., Primopdf (free) or PDF-XChange (3 versions,
$20 - $70).

www.Primopdf.com

www.docu-track.com

 

[oezio]

What's the point of having Publisher if it can't do what you need it to do?
Everyone here recommends PDF... maybe we should all go to Adobe Products
instead of Microsoft?

The point here is that I got what I want, but not the right size. Anyone
know how to make it bigger when you go from Publisher to an email? Without
all that extra space to the right of it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I've seen emails created with Publisher and they are just fine. My
assumption is that something in your setting need to be changed.

I'll be honest with you. I use Publisher to create my newsletters and then
create a .pdf file from that. I don't send HTML emails because not everyone
is set up to accept them.

 

[DavidF]

While I don't disagree that some are not set up for HTML emails, the same is
true of PDF files. Nor am I arguing against some of the advantages of PDF
files. However, the Adobe Reader download is large, especially for dial-up
modems, and many of my clients are too intimidated by the idea of
downloading and installing the Reader to do it. You might say that most
computers come with the Reader, but at the least Dell computers don't. I
suspect that more people can handle HTML emails than PDF files with their
original setup. Just my two cents worth...

DavidF

I've seen emails created with Publisher and they are just fine. My
assumption is that something in your setting need to be changed.

I'll be honest with you. I use Publisher to create my newsletters and then
create a .pdf file from that. I don't send HTML emails because not everyone
is set up to accept them.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

What's the point of having Publisher if it can't do what you need it to
do?
Everyone here recommends PDF... maybe we should all go to Adobe Products
instead of Microsoft?

The point here is that I got what I want, but not the right size. Anyone
know how to make it bigger when you go from Publisher to an email?
Without
all that extra space to the right of it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[DavidF]

Have you tried increasing the size of your fonts? When Pub files are
converted to HTML, I have observed that fonts do not have the same
incremental sizing available as in print documents. A size 11 font can be
reduced to a size 10 for example. If you are using size 10, which my
oldererer eyes find hard to read, try 12. If you are using autofit, then
perhaps switch to a fixed font size. Yes, it might require some tweaking of
your text boxes, but it will be easier to read.

DavidF

 

[DavidF]

Another thought... While I have not converted a newsletter to HTML, I
presume many of the issues are the same as creating a web page. When you
convert a print document to HTML for a web page, if a text box is
overlapping any other element it is converted to an image, which renders the
text less legible. Try right clicking the text on your converted newsletter
to see if you get the option of saving as a picture. And even if you don't
have any elements overlapping the text box, in Pub 2002 and 2003, I believe
that if you use borders or fill colors, the text box is converted to an
image. I can't test it as I use Pub 2000, but it is also possible that when
you convert your newsletter to HTML and email it, that the whole document is
automatically converted to an image.

DavidF

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Not arguing, just asking when Dell stopped doing that?

I deal with novices - serious computer novices. If I ask them if they can
read a .pdf file they know what I mean. If I ask them about HTML emails, I'd
get that deer-caught-in-the-headlamps look.

And yes, the Reader file is big. I have the downloaded file for v7 on my
desktop so that I can put it on a disc and install it where needed. It's a
tad bit over 19MB. I've only had broadband for about a year and half. I
remember 20 minute download times for a Norton update of ~3MB. (Makes me
laugh sometimes how much my computer has changed in that time. No dial-up,
no AOL, no Norton - 19MB downloads are not an issue for me.)

Isn't it cool tho that we aren't locked into just one way to do things? That
is the one lesson about computers that doesn't seem to have changed over the
years. That, and to respect everyone's 2¢ worth.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

While I don't disagree that some are not set up for HTML emails, the same
is
true of PDF files. Nor am I arguing against some of the advantages of PDF
files. However, the Adobe Reader download is large, especially for dial-up
modems, and many of my clients are too intimidated by the idea of
downloading and installing the Reader to do it. You might say that most
computers come with the Reader, but at the least Dell computers don't. I
suspect that more people can handle HTML emails than PDF files with their
original setup. Just my two cents worth...

DavidF

I've seen emails created with Publisher and they are just fine. My
assumption is that something in your setting need to be changed.

I'll be honest with you. I use Publisher to create my newsletters and
then
create a .pdf file from that. I don't send HTML emails because not everyone
is set up to accept them.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

What's the point of having Publisher if it can't do what you need it to
do?
Everyone here recommends PDF... maybe we should all go to Adobe
Products
instead of Microsoft?

The point here is that I got what I want, but not the right size. Anyone
know how to make it bigger when you go from Publisher to an email?
Without
all that extra space to the right of it?

Thanks in advance.

:

The way I do it is convert the newsletter into a pdf format and send
it
as
an attachment.

This will require you to have a pdf creating program i.e., Adobe Acrobat
or
a lesser costing program i.e., Primopdf (free) or PDF-XChange (3
versions,
$20 - $70).

www.Primopdf.com

www.docu-track.com


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

After finishing an email newsletter and sending it to myself, I noticed
that
the whole thing was a bit small and hard to read.

It looked much better in Publisher, prior to sending.

How does one make it so you don't need glasses to read it?

 

[DavidF]

I bought a Dell laptop about 3 years ago, and a desktop about a year ago.
Neither had the Reader. I don't know about other companies, but given Dell
is the largest and doesn't, one cannot assume the Reader comes installed.

Your novices may not know what HTML means, but doesn't Outlook Express and
Outlook come with HTML as the default? And if it isn't, its easy to tell
people how to activate. They may have changed that with the new patches and
security concerns. And AOL...who cares ;-) just kidding.

My point was partially to say, that switching to PDF format has its own
issues, and the OP had a point...instead of immediately suggesting to switch
to PDF, perhaps one should at least try to offer a solution for using
Publisher. I have the same issue with immediately suggesting switching to
FrontPage. After all, this is a Publisher forum...and errrr...you do use the
Publisher MVP title.

I have broadband at the office for large files, but save some money by using
dial-up at my home office, and it takes about 6 minutes per megabyte which
makes that 19 meg file more than an hour and a half download! I sometimes
use EFAX with the built in viewer instead of PDF. The file size is similar
to PDF, the viewer only adds about 250 kb to the file, and it is self
executing...much easier for computer novice clients. Mostly, I convert to
HTML, post to my website, and send a link...easiest of all.

Now I am up to 4 cents worth...DavidF

Not arguing, just asking when Dell stopped doing that?

I deal with novices - serious computer novices. If I ask them if they can
read a .pdf file they know what I mean. If I ask them about HTML emails, I'd
get that deer-caught-in-the-headlamps look.

And yes, the Reader file is big. I have the downloaded file for v7 on my
desktop so that I can put it on a disc and install it where needed. It's a
tad bit over 19MB. I've only had broadband for about a year and half. I
remember 20 minute download times for a Norton update of ~3MB. (Makes me
laugh sometimes how much my computer has changed in that time. No dial-up,
no AOL, no Norton - 19MB downloads are not an issue for me.)

Isn't it cool tho that we aren't locked into just one way to do things? That
is the one lesson about computers that doesn't seem to have changed over the
years. That, and to respect everyone's 2¢ worth.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

While I don't disagree that some are not set up for HTML emails, the same
is
true of PDF files. Nor am I arguing against some of the advantages of PDF
files. However, the Adobe Reader download is large, especially for dial-up
modems, and many of my clients are too intimidated by the idea of
downloading and installing the Reader to do it. You might say that most
computers come with the Reader, but at the least Dell computers don't. I
suspect that more people can handle HTML emails than PDF files with their
original setup. Just my two cents worth...

DavidF

I've seen emails created with Publisher and they are just fine. My
assumption is that something in your setting need to be changed.

I'll be honest with you. I use Publisher to create my newsletters and
then
create a .pdf file from that. I don't send HTML emails because not everyone
is set up to accept them.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



What's the point of having Publisher if it can't do what you need it to
do?
Everyone here recommends PDF... maybe we should all go to Adobe
Products
instead of Microsoft?

The point here is that I got what I want, but not the right size. Anyone
know how to make it bigger when you go from Publisher to an email?
Without
all that extra space to the right of it?

Thanks in advance.

:

The way I do it is convert the newsletter into a pdf format and send
it
as
an attachment.

This will require you to have a pdf creating program i.e., Adobe Acrobat
or
a lesser costing program i.e., Primopdf (free) or PDF-XChange (3
versions,
$20 - $70).

www.Primopdf.com

www.docu-track.com


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

After finishing an email newsletter and sending it to myself, I noticed
that
the whole thing was a bit small and hard to read.

It looked much better in Publisher, prior to sending.

How does one make it so you don't need glasses to read it?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I fold - the stakes are too rich for my blood. ;-)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



(snip)

 

[Don Schmidt]

I don't adhere using Publisher for the final document in an e-mail
newsletter for one gigantic reason.

Publisher creates humongous files and the sender will experience many
bounced mails due to size or the receiver's mail box is full.

This is one of the reasons I use PDF-XChange for it creates the smallest pdf
file of any pdf creating program on the market today, including Adobe
Acrobat.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

I bought a Dell laptop about 3 years ago, and a desktop about a year ago.
Neither had the Reader. I don't know about other companies, but given Dell
is the largest and doesn't, one cannot assume the Reader comes installed.

Your novices may not know what HTML means, but doesn't Outlook Express and
Outlook come with HTML as the default? And if it isn't, its easy to tell
people how to activate. They may have changed that with the new patches and
security concerns. And AOL...who cares ;-) just kidding.

My point was partially to say, that switching to PDF format has its own
issues, and the OP had a point...instead of immediately suggesting to switch
to PDF, perhaps one should at least try to offer a solution for using
Publisher. I have the same issue with immediately suggesting switching to
FrontPage. After all, this is a Publisher forum...and errrr...you do use the
Publisher MVP title.

I have broadband at the office for large files, but save some money by using
dial-up at my home office, and it takes about 6 minutes per megabyte which
makes that 19 meg file more than an hour and a half download! I sometimes
use EFAX with the built in viewer instead of PDF. The file size is similar
to PDF, the viewer only adds about 250 kb to the file, and it is self
executing...much easier for computer novice clients. Mostly, I convert to
HTML, post to my website, and send a link...easiest of all.

Now I am up to 4 cents worth...DavidF

Not arguing, just asking when Dell stopped doing that?

I deal with novices - serious computer novices. If I ask them if they can
read a .pdf file they know what I mean. If I ask them about HTML emails, I'd
get that deer-caught-in-the-headlamps look.

And yes, the Reader file is big. I have the downloaded file for v7 on my
desktop so that I can put it on a disc and install it where needed. It's a
tad bit over 19MB. I've only had broadband for about a year and half. I
remember 20 minute download times for a Norton update of ~3MB. (Makes me
laugh sometimes how much my computer has changed in that time. No dial-up,
no AOL, no Norton - 19MB downloads are not an issue for me.)

Isn't it cool tho that we aren't locked into just one way to do things? That
is the one lesson about computers that doesn't seem to have changed over the
years. That, and to respect everyone's 2¢ worth.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

While I don't disagree that some are not set up for HTML emails, the same
is
true of PDF files. Nor am I arguing against some of the advantages of PDF
files. However, the Adobe Reader download is large, especially for dial-up
modems, and many of my clients are too intimidated by the idea of
downloading and installing the Reader to do it. You might say that most
computers come with the Reader, but at the least Dell computers don't. I
suspect that more people can handle HTML emails than PDF files with their
original setup. Just my two cents worth...

DavidF

I've seen emails created with Publisher and they are just fine. My
assumption is that something in your setting need to be changed.

I'll be honest with you. I use Publisher to create my newsletters and
then
create a .pdf file from that. I don't send HTML emails because not
everyone
is set up to accept them.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



What's the point of having Publisher if it can't do what you need

it

to

 

[DavidF]

And that's a total of 6 cents...maybe a dime.

DavidF

I don't adhere using Publisher for the final document in an e-mail
newsletter for one gigantic reason.

Publisher creates humongous files and the sender will experience many
bounced mails due to size or the receiver's mail box is full.

This is one of the reasons I use PDF-XChange for it creates the smallest pdf
file of any pdf creating program on the market today, including Adobe
Acrobat.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

I bought a Dell laptop about 3 years ago, and a desktop about a year ago.
Neither had the Reader. I don't know about other companies, but given Dell
is the largest and doesn't, one cannot assume the Reader comes installed.

Your novices may not know what HTML means, but doesn't Outlook Express and
Outlook come with HTML as the default? And if it isn't, its easy to tell
people how to activate. They may have changed that with the new patches and
security concerns. And AOL...who cares ;-) just kidding.

My point was partially to say, that switching to PDF format has its own
issues, and the OP had a point...instead of immediately suggesting to switch
to PDF, perhaps one should at least try to offer a solution for using
Publisher. I have the same issue with immediately suggesting switching to
FrontPage. After all, this is a Publisher forum...and errrr...you do use the
Publisher MVP title.

I have broadband at the office for large files, but save some money by using
dial-up at my home office, and it takes about 6 minutes per megabyte which
makes that 19 meg file more than an hour and a half download! I sometimes
use EFAX with the built in viewer instead of PDF. The file size is similar
to PDF, the viewer only adds about 250 kb to the file, and it is self
executing...much easier for computer novice clients. Mostly, I convert to
HTML, post to my website, and send a link...easiest of all.

Now I am up to 4 cents worth...DavidF

emails,
I'd

It's

a

tad bit over 19MB. I've only had broadband for about a year and half. I
remember 20 minute download times for a Norton update of ~3MB. (Makes me
laugh sometimes how much my computer has changed in that time. No dial-up,
no AOL, no Norton - 19MB downloads are not an issue for me.)

Isn't it cool tho that we aren't locked into just one way to do

things?
That

is the one lesson about computers that doesn't seem to have changed

over
the

years. That, and to respect everyone's 2¢ worth.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



While I don't disagree that some are not set up for HTML emails, the same
is
true of PDF files. Nor am I arguing against some of the advantages

of
PDF

files. However, the Adobe Reader download is large, especially for dial-up
modems, and many of my clients are too intimidated by the idea of
downloading and installing the Reader to do it. You might say that most
computers come with the Reader, but at the least Dell computers

don't.

I

suspect that more people can handle HTML emails than PDF files with their
original setup. Just my two cents worth...

DavidF

I've seen emails created with Publisher and they are just fine. My
assumption is that something in your setting need to be changed.

I'll be honest with you. I use Publisher to create my newsletters and
then
create a .pdf file from that. I don't send HTML emails because not
everyone
is set up to accept them.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



What's the point of having Publisher if it can't do what you need

it

to
do?
Everyone here recommends PDF... maybe we should all go to Adobe
Products
instead of Microsoft?

The point here is that I got what I want, but not the right size.
Anyone
know how to make it bigger when you go from Publisher to an email?
Without
all that extra space to the right of it?

Thanks in advance.

:

The way I do it is convert the newsletter into a pdf format and send
it
as
an attachment.

This will require you to have a pdf creating program i.e., Adobe
Acrobat
or
a lesser costing program i.e., Primopdf (free) or PDF-XChange (3
versions,
$20 - $70).

www.Primopdf.com

www.docu-track.com


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

After finishing an email newsletter and sending it to myself, I
noticed
that
the whole thing was a bit small and hard to read.

It looked much better in Publisher, prior to sending.

How does one make it so you don't need glasses to read it?

 

[oezio]

Thank you all... good leads. I think I like the idea of sending a link to a
webpage the most... that is once it is big enough. Will work on the
tweaks... much appreciated.

 

[Don Schmidt]

But those six cents are all 1909-s vdb pennies, mint condition. <G>


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

And that's a total of 6 cents...maybe a dime.

DavidF

I don't adhere using Publisher for the final document in an e-mail
newsletter for one gigantic reason.

Publisher creates humongous files and the sender will experience many
bounced mails due to size or the receiver's mail box is full.

This is one of the reasons I use PDF-XChange for it creates the smallest pdf
file of any pdf creating program on the market today, including Adobe
Acrobat.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


patches
and use
the they
can

on

my It's

half.

I

(Makes

me

laugh sometimes how much my computer has changed in that time. No dial-up,
no AOL, no Norton - 19MB downloads are not an issue for me.)

Isn't it cool tho that we aren't locked into just one way to do things?
That
is the one lesson about computers that doesn't seem to have changed over
the
years. That, and to respect everyone's 2¢ worth.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



While I don't disagree that some are not set up for HTML emails, the
same
is
true of PDF files. Nor am I arguing against some of the advantages of
PDF
files. However, the Adobe Reader download is large, especially for
dial-up
modems, and many of my clients are too intimidated by the idea of
downloading and installing the Reader to do it. You might say that most
computers come with the Reader, but at the least Dell computers

don't.

I
suspect that more people can handle HTML emails than PDF files with
their
original setup. Just my two cents worth...

DavidF

I've seen emails created with Publisher and they are just fine. My
assumption is that something in your setting need to be changed.

I'll be honest with you. I use Publisher to create my newsletters and
then
create a .pdf file from that. I don't send HTML emails because not
everyone
is set up to accept them.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



What's the point of having Publisher if it can't do what you

need
it

to
do?
Everyone here recommends PDF... maybe we should all go to Adobe
Products
instead of Microsoft?

The point here is that I got what I want, but not the right size.
Anyone
know how to make it bigger when you go from Publisher to an email?
Without
all that extra space to the right of it?

Thanks in advance.

:

The way I do it is convert the newsletter into a pdf format

and
send

it
as
an attachment.

This will require you to have a pdf creating program i.e., Adobe
Acrobat
or
a lesser costing program i.e., Primopdf (free) or PDF-XChange (3
versions,
$20 - $70).

www.Primopdf.com

www.docu-track.com


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

After finishing an email newsletter and sending it to

myself,

I

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

The simple answer to everyone's compatibility pains is the simple
methodology of "kiss" - keep it simple stupid. So use plain text
newsletters. That's my 2 bits worth.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

 

[DavidF]

Ah, another penny collector. I do have a 1909 vdb...no s unfortunately. All
my pennies were collected about 40 years ago. But obviously your six cents
worth is worth more than mine. };>)

DavidF

But those six cents are all 1909-s vdb pennies, mint condition. <G>


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

And that's a total of 6 cents...maybe a dime.

DavidF

I don't adhere using Publisher for the final document in an e-mail
newsletter for one gigantic reason.

Publisher creates humongous files and the sender will experience many
bounced mails due to size or the receiver's mail box is full.

This is one of the reasons I use PDF-XChange for it creates the

smallest
pdf

file of any pdf creating program on the market today, including Adobe
Acrobat.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


I bought a Dell laptop about 3 years ago, and a desktop about a year ago.
Neither had the Reader. I don't know about other companies, but

given
Dell

is the largest and doesn't, one cannot assume the Reader comes installed.

Your novices may not know what HTML means, but doesn't Outlook

Express
and

Outlook come with HTML as the default? And if it isn't, its easy to tell
people how to activate. They may have changed that with the new patches
and
security concerns. And AOL...who cares ;-) just kidding.

My point was partially to say, that switching to PDF format has its own
issues, and the OP had a point...instead of immediately suggesting to
switch
to PDF, perhaps one should at least try to offer a solution for using
Publisher. I have the same issue with immediately suggesting

switching
to

FrontPage. After all, this is a Publisher forum...and errrr...you do use
the
Publisher MVP title.

I have broadband at the office for large files, but save some money by
using
dial-up at my home office, and it takes about 6 minutes per megabyte which
makes that 19 meg file more than an hour and a half download! I sometimes
use EFAX with the built in viewer instead of PDF. The file size is similar
to PDF, the viewer only adds about 250 kb to the file, and it is self
executing...much easier for computer novice clients. Mostly, I

convert
to

HTML, post to my website, and send a link...easiest of all.

Now I am up to 4 cents worth...DavidF

Not arguing, just asking when Dell stopped doing that?

I deal with novices - serious computer novices. If I ask them if they
can
read a .pdf file they know what I mean. If I ask them about HTML emails,
I'd
get that deer-caught-in-the-headlamps look.

And yes, the Reader file is big. I have the downloaded file for v7

on

my
desktop so that I can put it on a disc and install it where

needed.
It's

a
tad bit over 19MB. I've only had broadband for about a year and

half.

I
remember 20 minute download times for a Norton update of ~3MB.

(Makes

me
laugh sometimes how much my computer has changed in that time. No
dial-up,
no AOL, no Norton - 19MB downloads are not an issue for me.)

Isn't it cool tho that we aren't locked into just one way to do things?
That
is the one lesson about computers that doesn't seem to have

changed
over

the
years. That, and to respect everyone's 2¢ worth.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



While I don't disagree that some are not set up for HTML emails, the
same
is
true of PDF files. Nor am I arguing against some of the

advantages
of

PDF
files. However, the Adobe Reader download is large, especially for
dial-up
modems, and many of my clients are too intimidated by the idea of
downloading and installing the Reader to do it. You might say that
most
computers come with the Reader, but at the least Dell computers don't.
I
suspect that more people can handle HTML emails than PDF files with
their
original setup. Just my two cents worth...

DavidF

I've seen emails created with Publisher and they are just fine. My
assumption is that something in your setting need to be changed.

I'll be honest with you. I use Publisher to create my

newsletters
and

then
create a .pdf file from that. I don't send HTML emails because not
everyone
is set up to accept them.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



What's the point of having Publisher if it can't do what you need
it
to
do?
Everyone here recommends PDF... maybe we should all go to Adobe
Products
instead of Microsoft?

The point here is that I got what I want, but not the right size.
Anyone
know how to make it bigger when you go from Publisher to an email?
Without
all that extra space to the right of it?

Thanks in advance.

:

The way I do it is convert the newsletter into a pdf format and
send
it
as
an attachment.

This will require you to have a pdf creating program i.e., Adobe
Acrobat
or
a lesser costing program i.e., Primopdf (free) or

PDF-XChange

(3 myself,

 

[DavidF]

And your 2 bits worth is worth more than a buck eight ninety of mine...;-)

DavidF

 

[Don Schmidt]

I started collecting coins when I was about 12, some 61 years ago when I
found in change a 1909-s vdb..... I thought.
About ten years ago I sold all my coins to a local dealer and when he put
the 1909-s vdb penny under a 70 power microscope what was clearly visible
was where someone scooped copper from the surface forming the "s". The
dealer didn't want it. Gave the penny away some weeks later.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

Ah, another penny collector. I do have a 1909 vdb...no s unfortunately. All
my pennies were collected about 40 years ago. But obviously your six cents
worth is worth more than mine. };>)

DavidF

But those six cents are all 1909-s vdb pennies, mint condition. <G>


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

to
tell its
own do
use

money

by

using
dial-up at my home office, and it takes about 6 minutes per megabyte
which
makes that 19 meg file more than an hour and a half download! I
sometimes
use EFAX with the built in viewer instead of PDF. The file size is
similar
to PDF, the viewer only adds about 250 kb to the file, and it is self
executing...much easier for computer novice clients. Mostly, I convert
to
HTML, post to my website, and send a link...easiest of all.

Now I am up to 4 cents worth...DavidF

Not arguing, just asking when Dell stopped doing that?

I deal with novices - serious computer novices. If I ask them if they
can
read a .pdf file they know what I mean. If I ask them about HTML
emails,
I'd
get that deer-caught-in-the-headlamps look.

And yes, the Reader file is big. I have the downloaded file for

v7
on

my
desktop so that I can put it on a disc and install it where needed.
It's
a
tad bit over 19MB. I've only had broadband for about a year and half.
I
remember 20 minute download times for a Norton update of ~3MB. (Makes
me
laugh sometimes how much my computer has changed in that time. No
dial-up,
no AOL, no Norton - 19MB downloads are not an issue for me.)

Isn't it cool tho that we aren't locked into just one way to do
things?
That
is the one lesson about computers that doesn't seem to have changed
over
the
years. That, and to respect everyone's 2¢ worth.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



While I don't disagree that some are not set up for HTML

emails,
the

same
is
true of PDF files. Nor am I arguing against some of the advantages
of
PDF
files. However, the Adobe Reader download is large, especially for
dial-up
modems, and many of my clients are too intimidated by the idea of
downloading and installing the Reader to do it. You might say that
most
computers come with the Reader, but at the least Dell computers
don't.
I
suspect that more people can handle HTML emails than PDF files with
their
original setup. Just my two cents worth...

DavidF

I've seen emails created with Publisher and they are just

fine.
My

assumption is that something in your setting need to be changed.

I'll be honest with you. I use Publisher to create my newsletters
and
then
create a .pdf file from that. I don't send HTML emails

because
not

everyone
is set up to accept them.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



What's the point of having Publisher if it can't do what

you
need

it
to
do?
Everyone here recommends PDF... maybe we should all go to Adobe
Products
instead of Microsoft?

The point here is that I got what I want, but not the right size.
Anyone
know how to make it bigger when you go from Publisher to an
email?
Without
all that extra space to the right of it?

Thanks in advance.

:

The way I do it is convert the newsletter into a pdf

format
and

send
it
as
an attachment.

This will require you to have a pdf creating program i.e., Adobe
Acrobat
or
a lesser costing program i.e., Primopdf (free) or

PDF-XChange

(3
versions,
$20 - $70).

www.Primopdf.com

www.docu-track.com


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

After finishing an email newsletter and sending it to myself,
I
noticed
that
the whole thing was a bit small and hard to read.

It looked much better in Publisher, prior to sending.

How does one make it so you don't need glasses to read it?

 

[DavidF]

73! That makes you the sharpest crayon in the box. There aren't too many of
your generation that knows as much about computers as you do.

DavidF

I started collecting coins when I was about 12, some 61 years ago when I
found in change a 1909-s vdb..... I thought.
About ten years ago I sold all my coins to a local dealer and when he put
the 1909-s vdb penny under a 70 power microscope what was clearly visible
was where someone scooped copper from the surface forming the "s". The
dealer didn't want it. Gave the penny away some weeks later.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

Ah, another penny collector. I do have a 1909 vdb...no s unfortunately. All
my pennies were collected about 40 years ago. But obviously your six cents
worth is worth more than mine. };>)

DavidF

suggesting
to

errrr...you

do money

for

v7

on
my
desktop so that I can put it on a disc and install it where needed.
It's
a
tad bit over 19MB. I've only had broadband for about a year and
half.
I
remember 20 minute download times for a Norton update of ~3MB.
(Makes
me
laugh sometimes how much my computer has changed in that time. No
dial-up,
no AOL, no Norton - 19MB downloads are not an issue for me.)

Isn't it cool tho that we aren't locked into just one way to do
things?
That
is the one lesson about computers that doesn't seem to have changed
over
the
years. That, and to respect everyone's 2¢ worth.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



While I don't disagree that some are not set up for HTML emails,
the
same
is
true of PDF files. Nor am I arguing against some of the advantages
of
PDF
files. However, the Adobe Reader download is large,

especially
for

dial-up
modems, and many of my clients are too intimidated by the

idea
of

downloading and installing the Reader to do it. You might

say
that

most
computers come with the Reader, but at the least Dell computers
don't.
I
suspect that more people can handle HTML emails than PDF files
with
their
original setup. Just my two cents worth...

DavidF

I've seen emails created with Publisher and they are just fine.
My
assumption is that something in your setting need to be changed.

I'll be honest with you. I use Publisher to create my newsletters
and
then
create a .pdf file from that. I don't send HTML emails because
not
everyone
is set up to accept them.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



What's the point of having Publisher if it can't do what you
need
it
to
do?
Everyone here recommends PDF... maybe we should all go to Adobe
Products
instead of Microsoft?

The point here is that I got what I want, but not the right
size.
Anyone
know how to make it bigger when you go from Publisher to an
email?
Without
all that extra space to the right of it?

Thanks in advance.

:

The way I do it is convert the newsletter into a pdf format
and
send
it
as
an attachment.

This will require you to have a pdf creating program i.e.,
Adobe
Acrobat
or
a lesser costing program i.e., Primopdf (free) or PDF-XChange
(3
versions,
$20 - $70).

www.Primopdf.com

www.docu-track.com


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

After finishing an email newsletter and sending it to
myself,
I
noticed
that
the whole thing was a bit small and hard to read.

It looked much better in Publisher, prior to sending.

How does one make it so you don't need glasses to read it?

 

[Don Schmidt]

I wouldn't object to using the word genius. <G>

'Got started on an Atari ST back in '85 and my favorite program was VIP
Professional, a Lotus 1-2-3 clone for the Atari. When my computer didn't
have enough memory or speed to handle a couple of very large spreadsheets,
went to a Windows box (version 3.1).

'Been enjoying the madness ever since.

don

73! That makes you the sharpest crayon in the box. There aren't too many of
your generation that knows as much about computers as you do.

DavidF

I started collecting coins when I was about 12, some 61 years ago when I
found in change a 1909-s vdb..... I thought.
About ten years ago I sold all my coins to a local dealer and when he put
the 1909-s vdb penny under a 70 power microscope what was clearly visible
was where someone scooped copper from the surface forming the "s". The
dealer didn't want it. Gave the penny away some weeks later.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


unfortunately.
All a
year easy
to has
its errrr...you

size

is

them

if

they
can
read a .pdf file they know what I mean. If I ask them about HTML
emails,
I'd
get that deer-caught-in-the-headlamps look.

And yes, the Reader file is big. I have the downloaded file

for

v7
on
my
desktop so that I can put it on a disc and install it where
needed.
It's
a
tad bit over 19MB. I've only had broadband for about a year and
half.
I
remember 20 minute download times for a Norton update of ~3MB.
(Makes
me
laugh sometimes how much my computer has changed in that

time.
No

dial-up,
no AOL, no Norton - 19MB downloads are not an issue for me.)

Isn't it cool tho that we aren't locked into just one way to do
things?
That
is the one lesson about computers that doesn't seem to have
changed
over
the
years. That, and to respect everyone's 2¢ worth.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



While I don't disagree that some are not set up for HTML emails,
the
same
is
true of PDF files. Nor am I arguing against some of the
advantages
of
PDF
files. However, the Adobe Reader download is large, especially
for
dial-up
modems, and many of my clients are too intimidated by the idea
of
downloading and installing the Reader to do it. You might say
that
most
computers come with the Reader, but at the least Dell computers
don't.
I
suspect that more people can handle HTML emails than PDF files
with
their
original setup. Just my two cents worth...

DavidF

I've seen emails created with Publisher and they are just fine.
My
assumption is that something in your setting need to be
changed.

I'll be honest with you. I use Publisher to create my
newsletters
and
then
create a .pdf file from that. I don't send HTML emails because
not
everyone
is set up to accept them.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



What's the point of having Publisher if it can't do

what
you

need
it
to
do?
Everyone here recommends PDF... maybe we should all go to
Adobe
Products
instead of Microsoft?

The point here is that I got what I want, but not the right
size.
Anyone
know how to make it bigger when you go from Publisher

to

an read
it?