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Note that the contents of the email are arranged in tables. The many tables in an Email
template ensure that the email looks good on virtually any email client, device and screen size.
As the tables have no borders, they are initially invisible.
Tip
Click the Edges button on the toolbar to make borders of elements visible on the Design
tab. The borders will not be visible on the Preview tab.
Email Template Wizards
There are Wizards for three kinds of Email templates: for Basic Email, for Banded Email, and
Slate templates for responsive email designed by Litmus.
Slate: Responsive Email Templates by Litmus
Scroll past the Web Template Wizards to see the Slate: Responsive Email templates, created
by Litmus (see https://litmus.com/resources/free-responsive-email-templates).
More than 50% of emails are opened on mobile. These five responsive HTML email templates
are optimized for small screens and they look great in any inbox. They’ve been tested in Litmus
and are completely bulletproof.
Tip
After creating the email template, click the Responsive Design View icon at the top of the
workspace to see how the email looks on different screen sizes.
The only thing you can set in advance for a Slate template is the color of the call-to-action
button. Click the small colored square, right next to the field that holds the default color value, to
open the Color dialog and pick a color (see "Color Picker" on page593).
The color can be changed later; see "Colors" on page514.
Basic Email and Banded Email
The difference between Basic and Banded email is that the contents of a Basic email extend to
the email's margin, rather than to the edge of the window in which it is read, as the contents of
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