Outlook - inserting HTML code snippets into an email

Sometimes there is a need to insert some HTML code or scripting into an email for a signature or to send some externally resident content to someone.

To do this in the body of an email:

1. In Notepad paste the required code and save as an HTML file.
2. Open Outlook
3. Start a new email
4. Click on Insert
5. Find the HTML file that contains the needed code.
6. Click the down arrow beside the Insert button.
7. Click on "Insert as Text".


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  Insert as Text

8. The finished code rendering will show up:
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Note that Outlook 2007 no longer allows code snippets inserted into the signature. There are ways to get around this, but given the nature of many spam filters out there ... the risk of losing that email may be too high.

Outlook 2003 provides a "Use HTML as Template" option that we can insert into a signature though. Keep in mind that the email may never reach its destination as a result.

Tip source: SitePoint Forums: Inserting simple HTML into Outlook.

Philip Elder
MPECS Inc.
Microsoft Small Business Specialists

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