How to Make an HTML Email Template
Besides creating Web pages, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is also used to construct and style email messages. Many email applications accept HTML coded documents, which gives you the ability to create customized notes. Even more, when you design your initial file, reuse the content as needed to save yourself time and maintain a consistent appearance with your correspondence. Make your own HTML email template using your the text editor program included with your computer and your email client.
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Instructions
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Launch your text editor program and create a new file.
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Place your cursor after the opening "<body>" tag. If your editor does not provide the initial HTML page code, enter the following:
<html>
<head>
<title>Type in a page title here</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
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Enter the code that creates a basic one-column, one-row table:
<table>
<tr>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>A table contains the text of your HTML email.
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Place your cursor between the "<td></td>" tags. Type the content, such as your name or contact information, that should always appear in your email messages. For example:
<td>Your Name Here</td>Always place your message between the "<td></td>" tags to ensure that it shows up in the email.
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Type HTML formatting tags to style the text, as you prefer. For instance, surround your content with "<b></b>" bold tags or "<i></i>" italics elements as follows:
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Save your file with an "HTML" ending (extension). Keep this file in an accessible location on your desktop to easily insert the file or copy the content when needed.
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Click the "Insert" option in an email client, such as Outlook Express, and then select your file from your computer to load it into the body of the message. With Mac OS X Mail, select "Open File" from the "File" menu on the Safari Web browser and then press the "Command" and "I" button to load it into the email. Using Hotmail, select the "Edit in HTML" option from the menu bar and then copy and paste the HTML from your template into the body of the message.
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