I have created a postcard using Quark. I have an upcoming performance
and I would like to send this postcard to invite people to attend. I
want to send the postcard by email and I want the postcard to
automatically open when the person opens the email. I do not want the
person to have to click on an attachment to open the postcard. How do
i do this? |
Request for Question Clarification by
sublime1-ga
on
07 Aug 2005 19:33 PDT
ghorn...
If the format of the postcard is a standard image extension,
such as .jpg or .gif, e.g., you can embed the image in an
html format email, and it will display immediately when the
recipient opens it, but only if all your recipients have
html email enabled. No doubt some won't, which means they
will see the image as an attachment. This is really beyond
your control.
Another option might be to create a webpage containing both
the invitation and the image, and send people the link. They
would have to click on the link, but when they viewed the
webpage, everything would be visible at once.
Let me know your thoughts...
sublime1-ga
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Clarification of Question by
ghorn56710-ga
on
08 Aug 2005 18:27 PDT
I think the first option is the best -- i.e. embedding the image in
the email. However, I am using Quark which only allows you to save
the image as a .eps or a pdf file. Can either one of these be
embedded in the email thus automatically opening when the user (with
HTML email) opens their message?
Thanks,
ghorn
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Request for Question Clarification by
sublime1-ga
on
08 Aug 2005 20:09 PDT
ghorn...
There's no way to embed a PDF file in an email.
Nor, it seems can you embed an .eps file, as such.
Doesn't Quark allow the option of saving as a .tiff
file? Even this may not be workable, but I have seen
several files in a search on Google Images that have
the tiff extension in the filename as: image.tiff.jpg
which seems to imply that such a conversion is a
common thing.
From what I can see, you would need to convert the
eps or PDF file into jpg format.
ReaConverter Pro appears to work in conjunction with
a Ghostscript installation tp accomplish just that:
http://www.reasoft.com/rea-eps-change.shtml
I suspect that the ReaConverter Pro is a limited
demo, but you could give it a try and see how it
works for you.
The resulting jpg file could then be embedded in an
html formatted email.
The bottom line is that you can't really embed any
file in an email that wouldn't be opened by your
browser on a webpage.
Let me know where this takes you...
sublime1-ga
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