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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122.
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151).
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110and"Emailtemplates"onpage158).
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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SelectEmailTemplate.ThisstartstheBasicActionEmailwizard.
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OrexpandtheTemplatefolder,andthenexpandtheBasic Email templatesfolder,the
Banded Email templatesfolder,ortheSlate: Responsive Email Templates by Litmus
folder.
See"EmailTemplateWizards"onthenextpageforinformationaboutthevarioustypesofTem-
plateWizards.
2. SelectatemplateandclickNext.Ifyoudon'tknowwhattemplatetochoose,seebelow;thechar-
acteristicsofeachkindoftemplatearedescribedfurtherdowninthistopic.
3. Makeadjustmentstotheinitial(orlastused)settings.Theoptionsforeachtypeoftemplateare
listedbelow.
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