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Use background images wisely

Mostmailclientsdonotsupportbackgroundimages:averygoodreasontostayawayfromthemin

yourmainstreamemailcampaign.Thereisonesituationinwhichtheydocomeinhandy.BothiPhone

andAndroiddefaultmailhavesolidCSSsupportandcovermostofthemobilemarketspace.Youcould

usebackgroundimagestosubstituteimageswhenviewedonthesedevices.Thisisdonebyhidingthe

actualimageandshowingamobile-friendlyimageasbackgroundimageinstead.Thisisatechnique

usedinResponsiveEmailDesign.

Creating an Email template with a Wizard

WiththeDesigneryoucandesignEmailtemplatesaswellasPDFattachments.PDFattachmentsare

designedinthePrintcontext;see"Printcontext"onpage443.

ItisstronglyrecommendedtostartcreatinganEmailtemplatewithaWizard,becausedesigningHTML

emailthatdisplaysproperlyonavarietyofdevicesandscreensizesischallenging.Emailclientscan,

andwill,interpretthesameHTMLand(inline)CSSintotallydifferentways(see"DesigninganEmail

template"onpage472).

WithanEmailTemplateWizardyoucaneasilycreateanEmailtemplatethatoutputsemailsthatlook

goodonvirtuallyanyemailclient,deviceandscreensize.

AftercreatinganEmailtemplate,theothercontextscanbeaddedtoit,aswellasothersections(see

"Contexts"onpage431and"Emailtemplates"onpage480).

TocreateanEmailtemplatewithaTemplateWizard:

1. IntheWelcomescreenthatappearsafterstartup:

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ChooseBrowse Template Wizards.

ScrolldownuntilyouseetheEmailTemplateWizards.TherearethreetypesofEmailTem-

plateWizards:

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BasicEmailtemplates

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BandedEmailtemplates

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Slate:ResponsiveEmailtemplatesbyLitmus.

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OrchooseCreate a New TemplateandselecttheEmailtemplate.ThisstartstheBasic

ActionEmailwizard.

Alternatively,ontheFilemenu,clickNew,and:

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