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Articles Tagged "word"
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I’m using the style designer and I can’t get my formatting to change!
First things first - the editor isn't possessed or crazy. And, there's usually a simple fix for this. Rogue formatting usually happens when you've pasted in content from a source other than a simple text editor. A simple text editor is Notepad for PCs or TextWrangler for Macs. Sources that…
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What are the different ways I can create a campaign in MailChimp?
With MailChimp, you have several ways to create a campaign. You can use our design tools to create a campaign from scratch (we'll still help you design if you need it) or use one of our pre-designed Templates for a super easy designed look. You can copy/paste your own HTML…
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Can I send attachments with MailChimp?
No, But... Since you can't send attachments directly through MailChimp, you can let us host the files you'd normally attach to your email, and then link to the files in your campaign. This saves bandwidth, doesn't bog down recipients' email accounts, helps with delivery rates, reduces bounce backs from angry…
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How do I import a campaign via email (Email Beamer)?
Each list in your account has a list-specific email address. Send an email from your favorite email client to this email address and we'll save it as a draft campaign that can be edited and sent. Or, you can reply to a confirmation email and we'll send it out! Before…
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Can I use Word or Publisher to create my content or my HTML?
In general, it's not a good idea to use Word or Publisher to create email campaigns. Below we'll show you what kind of messy code gets sent when Word is used to create a newsletter. When you use Word and paste it into a content editor, a lot of the…
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Tips for editing content
Here are some useful tips for using the content editor. The best way to create a campaign is to type directly into the content editor if you can. The second best way is to copy and paste from a Simple Text Editor like Notepad or Notepad ++ or TextWrangler for…
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Why does my email look like monkey poop in Outlook?
Outlook 07 uses Microsoft Word to render HTML email. Word doesn't render a lot of common HTML standards, so what you saw in your web browser, may not be what you're seeing when the email arrives in your Outlook inbox. It shouldn't be too far off from what you designed,…
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The system tells me I don’t have an UNSUB (unsubscribe) tag, but I really do.
If MailChimp isn't allowing you to send a campaign and it's telling you that you don't have an Unsubscribe link but you really do have an unsubscribe link, here are a few things to check: Are you using your own unsubscribe link? If so, the system will not recognize it.…
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What types of files can I upload to MailChimp?
If you are using the upload function so that MailChimp can host a file you want to link to, you'll want to make sure that you're trying to upload a file that's on the approved list of uploads. You can upload any of these: 7z aiff asf avi bmp csv…
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I pasted in my content from Word and my formatting is gone.
Using Word to create email campaigns can cause some serious layout, formatting and delivery problems. Over the years, we've seen our users struggle with how Word interacts with online editors (like ckeditor or fckeditor which we use as part of our content editor). To help you avoid all those problems,…