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Mac 101: Create Custom Email Stationery
When you have completed your stationery template, click File > Save As Stationery. A dialog box will prompt you to name your new creation. Enter a descriptive title and click "Save." Your new stationery will appear under "Custom" whenever you click the "Show Stationery" button in a new mail message. Clicking your template name will automatically recreate your template in the body of the new message.
This is handy for businesses or individuals who need to have custom formatted emails, and need them to be uniform each time they send them.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
M said 8:23AM on 9-08-2008
Anyway to make this permanent for every email sent. Like setting it as a default so when you open a new message or more importantly reply to a message? Thanks
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deevee said 8:48AM on 9-08-2008
what about creating real new templates???
there must be a way....
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Malcolm said 9:15AM on 9-08-2008
http://www.georgedillon.com/web/html_email_is_evil_still.shtml
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yoink! said 9:46AM on 9-08-2008
Another tip:
Go to any website you like (Safari only) and select File/ Mail contents of this page. (Cmnd+I)
Safari will place that entire web page into a new email message. Then select File/ Save As Stationery. It'll show up in your Custom list. Alter that page with your own graphics / text etc.
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Shunnabunich said 11:23AM on 9-08-2008
Hey, could that method be used to "roll your own" in, say, Dreamweaver, and save the stationery from a preview? I imagine that could make it pretty easy to make custom-styled messages to match your website without having to switch email clients. (I'd try it, I'm just too lazy right now, heh.)
eric f. said 10:59AM on 9-08-2008
Nice simple tip. I've used Stationary a bit but never knew about this.
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marcj said 2:46PM on 9-08-2008
HTML email makes the baby Jesus cry. That is all.
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alansky said 12:26PM on 9-08-2008
@Shunnabunich:
I just tried this and it didn't work correctly. My Dreamweaver page ended up in a Mail message window alright, but the images linked to the page were left behind.
Anyone else figure out how to preview Dreamweaver pages in Safari, then paste them into Mail with the "Mail contents of this page" command?
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Markito said 1:09PM on 9-08-2008
I originally loved the idea of "Stationary" on Mac Mail, but always worried if my recipient actually saw it the way I sent it. (Does that make any sense?)
Does everyone: Mac user, PC user, Linux user, etc. see my mail in the same stationary format?
I just get the weird feeling that they sometimes don't. And if they don't, my message will look messed up and a little confusing.
Or does it work on all formats, but not for people who have their incoming email pref on PlainText, not HTML mail?
Or am I just wrong and Mac's Stationary Mail works for everyone every single time regardless of their computer or prefs?
Please chime in regarding your own experiences.
Thanks so much,
'kito
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Linda said 7:04PM on 9-08-2008
I tried it several times and sent it to a friend. The pictures I put in never made it to her. Didn't work. Was disappointed!
RodD said 3:51AM on 10-03-2008
I've tried this at home. I've tried this with the guys in an Apple shop. But it doesn't work. When you go to pull up your stationery for an email message it doesn't recognise the pics - I've tried my logo in Jpeg, tiff, photoshop. Nothing works. If anyone has got it working, please let me know. Thanks. Rod
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MARKWISE said 9:27PM on 10-07-2008
how can I add the logo of my company to the newly created stationery ?
I ahve prepared a sationery added the logi it look ok I have savedit , but each time I want to use it the logo is replaced by a lego brick with a question mark
Looking forward receiving your input
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