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In my previous post, I detailed out how to send HTML emails via Outlook. But I think its fair for me to also list out the limitations of Outlook 2007 so that you know what to expect

In Outlook 2007, Microsoft has removed the Internet Explorer based rendering engine and replacing it with Microsoft Word.

With that, Outlook 2007 has limited support for HTML and CSS to display HTML email messages. Unless your HTML emails are extremely simple, users of Outlook 2007 will have difficulty reading your message.

Here are some notable limitation:

• no support for background images (HTML or CSS)  
• no support for forms  
• no support for Flash, or other plug ins  
• no support for CSS floats  
• no support for replacing bullets with images in unordered lists  
• no support for CSS positioning  
• no support for animated GIF’s  

Normal Lenovo Page	Lenovo Page in Outlook

There is no immediate workaround or solution but to compose your HTML email around those limitation. For more information on Outlook’s rendering capabilities check out:

 
• Information compile by E-Dialog
• Word 2007 HTML and CSS Rendering Capabilities in Outlook 2007 by Microsoft
• Outlook HTML and CSS Validator – A tool develop by Microsoft to check your email compatibility

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Want to send an webpage as an email? There are many ways of doing this. For one, you could use Microsoft Outlook or Internet Explorer (IE).

Here’s how you can do it

Sending HTML pages in Internet Explorer

1. Open the page that you want to send (Either on the web or any html page saved on your desktop)
2. Go to Pages –> Send as Email
3. Outlook would launch and you should see a HTML based email

Sending HTML pages in Outlook

1. In your Outlook, select View->Toolbar-> Select Web
2. You should see a new taskbar on your outlook with an web address input
3. Open the page that you want to send (Either on the web or any html page saved on your desktop)
4. Your outlook should show the webpage that you entered
5. Go to Action –> Send Web page by Email

The result should be similar to the following.

My friend post a question to me about importing Gmail contacts to Outlook. It is actually quite simple to do it, here are some steps to do it.

1) In Gmail, click on contacts. Then select that contacts that you want to import.

2) Click Export

3) In the next screen, select Outlook CSV contacts

4) Next go to Outlook 2007. Click on File –> Import and Export

5) Select “Import from another file”

6) Select “Comma Separated Value (DOS)”

7) Follow the instructions and you should see your Gmail contacts in Outlook

In my line of work, I do need to work with people from different time zones. Adding a different time zone can really helps to manage the time differences.

To add a new time zone. Go to Tools menu > click Options > Under Calendar . Calendar options

Under Advance options > Click Time Zone > select the Show an additional time zone check box. In the Label box, type a description such as “Houston”. In the time zone list, click the Time Zone and click “Ok”

An additional time zone will appear next to your default time zone

Everytime when I try to focus on doing work, I always got distracted by those pesky email notification. It pops up everytime there is any incoming email. Here is how you disable it.

Turn Off E-Mail Notifications
Because an e-mail notification icon appears whenever you receive new e-mail, it’s tempting to stop work and open new messages immediately. But you can turn off the notification and then check your e-mail when it’s convenient for you. Here’s how:

1. In Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, click Tools, click Options, click E-mail Options, and then click Advanced E-mail Options.
2. In the middle of the dialog box, clear the Display a New Mail Desktop Alert check box.

Accidentally deleted some emails? Here’s how to recover them:

1.       Navigate to the folder that you have accidentally deleted the email (ie. Inbox/Sent Item/Deleted Item)

2.       Go To Tools -> Recover Deleted Item

3.       Select the email that you want to recover and select Recover Selected Item.

Recover Deleted Files in Outlook 2007