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inserting html document with hyperlinks into email

Posted: 07-31-2003, 06:12 PM
Wendy j Chapman
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Hello,
I have created an 8x10 size document in InDesign - newsletter style with photos and text. Then I export it as an EPS so I can open it in Photoshop and save it as a JPG. Then, I go to my email (Microsoft Outlook) and insert the JPG newsletter into the body of the email. I want to insert versus attaching it. I want the image to appear instantaneously when the email is opened. And, I also want the recipent of the email to be able to click on a hyperlink within my JPG newsletter. I have created hyperlinks using Photoshop and Image Ready, but then it is an HTML document. So, can I insert this HTML document into my email? When I tried the link was broken. I am sure I am doing this the long way, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Re: inserting html document with hyperlinks into email
Posted: 07-31-2003, 06:19 PM
Create an HTML page based on your image. Use it as a stationary in Outlook.
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Wendy j Chapman
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Re: inserting html document with hyperlinks into email
Posted: 07-31-2003, 07:36 PM
I tried to insert the document as stationary, but all the links were still broken. I can see the boxes defining the slices I made in Image Ready, but again, the links are x-ed out. Maybe I am saving the file incorrectly from Image Ready?
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Re: inserting html document with hyperlinks into email
Posted: 07-31-2003, 07:52 PM
you need to host the images somewhere and make sure your links point at that server.
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Re: inserting html document with hyperlinks into email
Posted: 07-31-2003, 08:11 PM
Wendy:

What Dave is saying is: when an email has "embedded" images, they are actually on a Web server somewhere. The email just contains hyperlinks to that place. So, the first thing to establish is: do you have somewhere to store [=host] them?
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Re: inserting html document with hyperlinks into email
Posted: 07-31-2003, 08:19 PM
Continuing to prove my ignorance....
Yes, I have a place to store my images. I can post them on my company's "extranet" if I can't save them on my hard drive. I have embedded images using InDesign and Illustrator, but have not considered it in regards to email.
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Re: inserting html document with hyperlinks into email
Posted: 07-31-2003, 08:40 PM
The point is: an HTLM email is just like a Web page. It's a bunch of HTML, which manifests itself as text on the screen and pulls other stuff [like images] of the Internet. So, in constructing one, that's the approach you need to take. It's one of these things that's more complex than it appears.
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Re: inserting html document with hyperlinks into email
Posted: 07-31-2003, 09:07 PM
So, it goes like this.

Use Front Page or your favorite HTML Editor, and create a web page. Add your JPG and your links to the HTML page.

Use an FTP Program to put the JPG and any other graphic elements on your server, make sure your HTML page references the location on the server.

Then save the HTML page. In MS Outlook Tools|Options|Mail Format, use HTML, use the stationary picker, click New, and go navigate to the location of the HTML page.

That will be your new stationary, an HTML page, that references graphics items on your server.
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Re: inserting html document with hyperlinks into email
Posted: 07-31-2003, 09:40 PM
Thanks! I will give it a shot.
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Re: inserting html document with hyperlinks into email
Posted: 08-15-2003, 04:18 PM
Ok, I have tried and tried numerous things and have been very frustrated. I saved Optimized As and made my file an html document and then went to Microsoft Outlook and attempted to make this file my stationary. This did not work. All my slices were broken. I do not know how to write html code (although attempting to learn using Evrsoft's 1st Page 2000). Pouring over the Adobe Photoshop manual, web tutorials, etc. it seems that an html editor is the only way to do this. Also, when I make slices, IR creates additional slices around the remaining image. How can I avoid all these unneeded slices? What do I do after I have saved my file Saved Optimized As?
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