External Graphics

[Terry Fox]

I would like to use Publisher to send out email based newsletters.
While doing this, I would like it to link to external graphics that are on
our web site.
This would help both in the site of the orginal email being sent, plus
allowing the most recent graphics to be viewed upon reading the email.
Is there a way to easily do this in Publisher or should I find something
else to use to send out email based newsletters and if so, does anyone have
anything to recommend?

 

[Carrie]

I would like to use Publisher to send out email based newsletters.
While doing this, I would like it to link to external graphics that are on
our web site.
This would help both in the site of the orginal email being sent, plus
allowing the most recent graphics to be viewed upon reading the email.
Is there a way to easily do this in Publisher or should I find something
else to use to send out email based newsletters and if so, does anyone
have
anything to recommend?

I was waiting to see if anyone answered this, because I'd like to know,
too.
I don't want to do it, just wondered if it would be done. I just tried
various ways, like sending an email with a link to an externally posed
graphic (using html, with the img src coding) and nothing came through but
the coding. I tried it with just the link and no coding, and it came
through as an active link one could click on.
I can't get it to come in the mail with a picture all open on it, being
picked up from an external link.
Of course, this doesn't mean it can't be done and maybe there's a setting
in Publisher to set it up. I have never used Publisher to set up a webpage
or email newsletter.
I found this while searching for an answer (for my own knowledge)
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Microsoft-Word-1058/2008/6/Emailing-document-external-links.htm I think you are looking for something so the graphic opens up right in theemail newsletter (when the email is opened) and not a hyperlink TO thegraphic the recepient would have to click on? But, I'm thinking of the ads I get in email that have graphics on them,that might be linked from somewhere else. I never thought about it orchecked. Anyway, maybe someone who knows will answer this.

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

Which email client are you using to do this?

 

[Mary Sauer]

You can save the newsletter as a PDF, the web links will stay active if it is
saved correctly. Read the help files in Acrobat or whatever PDF converter you
are using.
If you have Publisher 2007 there is a *save as* PDF add-in, I understand the
links stay active when you use the add-in.

Download details 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads...11-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

 

[Terry Fox]

I'm using Publisher and Outlook 2007, but i'm unsure what this has got to do
with making html markup correctly render in Publisher, ie the external
graphic source.
I dont' want my clients that I will be emailing this to have to use any
specific email client, I want it to be able to render in any client that it's
sent to.

--
Terry Fox
www.playmor.com

Which email client are you using to do this?



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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[Terry Fox]

Carrie,
Thanks for helping look into this.
Unfortunatly I have tried (I think anyway) the same thing you have, and
inserted the HTML into the page to try and get the img src to link to a
graphic on our web site, but all it displays is the HTML code (not sure what
the purpose of this is then).

 

[Terry Fox]

Mary,
I may have to result to exporting to PDF, but it kind of takes away from the
effect I want. I don't want someone to have to open a pdf file, I want it to
be able to show immediatly in their email client. Besides, to me I would
still have the same issue it looks like. I don't want a hyper link, I want
the graphic to show in the email, but just be pulled from the web, again so
that it would have the most updated graphic and keep down on transfer times
of email of slow email clients.

As of right now, this isn't an overally major concern I guess, I'm just
looking to the future, I know how we change our minds around here from min to
min so things are never what they seem, lol.

Thanks
--
Terry Fox
www.playmor.com

You can save the newsletter as a PDF, the web links will stay active if it is
saved correctly. Read the help files in Acrobat or whatever PDF converter you
are using.
If you have Publisher 2007 there is a *save as* PDF add-in, I understand the
links stay active when you use the add-in.

Download details 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads...11-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

You will have to manually edit the html after you move it to Outlook
(probably save it as a draft). Edit the html to reflect absolute paths to
the image files stored online in your website.




--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

I'm using Publisher and Outlook 2007, but i'm unsure what this has got to
do
with making html markup correctly render in Publisher, ie the external
graphic source.
I dont' want my clients that I will be emailing this to have to use any
specific email client, I want it to be able to render in any client that
it's
sent to.