HTML Based Newsletters for Use with Microsoft List Builder

[shermanfu00]

I am using Publisher 2002 to create an HTML based newsletter to upload to
Microsoft List Builder. It appears that any picture images that I insert into
the Newsletter as a .gif are being converted to a .jpg and then never
properly upload into the list builder program. Does anyone have any ideas on
how this can be avoided?

Thank you!

 

[Geoffrey]

Sherman,

Don't you mean the other way around? JPEGs are converted to GIFs!

Read the fourth post below this one "How do I apply a copyright across a
photo", in particular DavidF's bottommost entry. If a JPEG picture overlaps
with any other element including a text frame (let alone being "inside" a
text frame) it will automatically be converted to a GIF. And no, there's
nothing you can do about it.

 

[shermanfu00]

Geoffrey- Thanks for responding. In reading your response and the string of
other posts you suggested, I now understand about the JPEG to GIF conversion,
but in my case, it appears to actually go the other way. I have been using
the .GIF format for all images on my publisher based HTML worksheet, b/c the
..GIF images have traditionally uploaded easier into MS List Builder. However,
when I perform the HTML save in Publisher, the program creates a separate
folder of items related to the page, and within the folder now appear .JPEG
images in addition to the original.gif images. WHen I check the source code,
..JPEG files are now noted insted of .gif. I have manually tried to manipulate
the HTML code to reference the correct .GIF files, and this works, but it
also takes forever to sort through the code...I am open to any other
suggestions...Thanks for your time!

 

[David Bartosik]

The only way to take control of your images away from Publisher is to use
your own and "manually" - http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=84

 

[David Bartosik]

Publisher makes it's own "copy" of any graphic in the publication and may
create a graphic of anything it can't otherwise produce in html.
The 2000 version used gif image format.
The later versions use jpg and png.

 

[David Bartosik]

Since Publisher is not an html editor, editing the html output is a bad idea.
Your time would be better spent not using Publisher for the web pages.
The 2002 and 2003 versions will use jpg and png formats.
They will usually create an image in multiple formats and sizes.
The programming logic in the html code then tells the client browser which
version of the image to load based on the browsers support.
This is intended to yield the most attractive result to the viewer.