On or near 10/7/03 4:42 PM, Doug Brightwell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > I need to send out HTML email to a mailing list for a volunteer > organization. I do this in order to have formatted text of different sizes > and colors. Someday, I might want to add a logo or simple graphic. > > I send the email from a Yahoo non-POP account by copying and pasting the > HTML code generated in Word or GoLive into Yahoo's web browser compose > window. > > I notice that the HTML code previews fine in the originating application, in > various web browsers on my machine, and in Yahoo's online HTML preview > function. But when I receive a copy in Entourage X, there are anomalies. In > this case, a dash, apostrophe, and open and close quotes were displayed as > unusual characters. > > I don't see that problem when I receive the same email in the Mac OS Mail > app. (Although the size and spacing of the text is very different.) And > other recipients on PCs don't see the glitch. > > Is there something about Entourage X's handling of HTML code that's wonky? > Or do I simply need to develop a better understanding of how to create HTML > email so it looks the same in all email clients? > > How do I find out how to do that? > > I don't mean complex HTML ads like I get from Apple and Adobe. Just a simple > text only, or text plus logo email that's formatted so the ideas pop out for > easy reading. I can't use an email client to send because the > organization's account is not a POP account. > Try opening the message and selecting the menu item "Format->Character Set->Western European (Windows)". Does that fix the oddball characters?
If so, then something in the way the message is formatted is failing to properly indicate the character set for the message. Windows machines see it correctly because it is in their default character set, but the character set on a Mac is different. That doesn't explain why mail.app displays it properly, either. Perhaps there is something in this worth reporting to Microsoft via the "Help->Send Feedback" menu item. -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://members.thinkaccess.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
