converting to a PDF from Publisher using add in files from..

It certainly isn't with Publisher or the Office add-in. Might get some insight
with this article.

Winmail.dat attachments are included in received e-mail messages in Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278061/en-us
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"barry" <barry.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:28A2EE5C-993C-45DC-8134-F228F9BDD953@microsoft.com...
> When I convert a publisher file to a pdf it seems fine on my system but some
> of my clients can't recognise the file (it shows up as a winmail.dat file).
>
> Is this a problem with the publisher pdf converter or email problem?
>
> thanks
> --
> barry

JoAnn Paules wrote:
> Email problem. And not on your end.
>
> http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm
>
>
> "barry" <barry.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:28A2EE5C-993C-45DC-8134-F228F9BDD953@microsoft.com...
>> When I convert a publisher file to a pdf it seems fine on my system
>> but some
>> of my clients can't recognise the file (it shows up as a winmail.dat
>> file).
>>
>> Is this a problem with the publisher pdf converter or email problem?
>>
>> thanks
>> --
>> barry

Not sure I agree with your analysis there. I would suggest it is a
problem at his end , he is using Outlook, the only email client that
generates the winmail.dat attachment. He is attaching to a message that
is in other than plain text, hence the winmail.dat, that his recipients
cannot read. If he attaches his .pdf to a plain text message most if not
all his recipients will be able a to read his message and detach the
..pdf attachment.
Which I think is what it says in the referenced file.

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Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I wish I could
remember the darn question

Thank you for your response in reference to my conversion to a pdf
(winmail.dat file). Switching to plain texts works but then I can't use my
business card or my logo in my signature.

I bought all new 2007 microsoft small business apps becasue as a low tech
guy I thought i'd be all set. "Now just when I thought I was out they pulled
me back!"

barry
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barry


"GbH" wrote:

> JoAnn Paules wrote:
> > Email problem. And not on your end.
> >
> > http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm
> >
> >
> > "barry" <barry.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:28A2EE5C-993C-45DC-8134-F228F9BDD953@microsoft.com...
> >> When I convert a publisher file to a pdf it seems fine on my system
> >> but some
> >> of my clients can't recognise the file (it shows up as a winmail.dat
> >> file).
> >>
> >> Is this a problem with the publisher pdf converter or email problem?
> >>
> >> thanks
> >> --
> >> barry
>
> Not sure I agree with your analysis there. I would suggest it is a
> problem at his end , he is using Outlook, the only email client that
> generates the winmail.dat attachment. He is attaching to a message that
> is in other than plain text, hence the winmail.dat, that his recipients
> cannot read. If he attaches his .pdf to a plain text message most if not
> all his recipients will be able a to read his message and detach the
> ..pdf attachment.
> Which I think is what it says in the referenced file.
>
> --
> --
>
> Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I wish I could
> remember the darn question
>
>
>

I suppose it depends on how you look at it. I see it as a problem that other
email programs have rather than an Outlook-caused issue.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"GbH" <Geoff_Hannington.RemoveThis@IEE.ORGasm> wrote in message
news:OcOmAqTCJHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> JoAnn Paules wrote:
>> Email problem. And not on your end.
>>
>> http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm
>>
>>
>> "barry" <barry.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:28A2EE5C-993C-45DC-8134-F228F9BDD953@microsoft.com...
>>> When I convert a publisher file to a pdf it seems fine on my system
>>> but some
>>> of my clients can't recognise the file (it shows up as a winmail.dat
>>> file).
>>>
>>> Is this a problem with the publisher pdf converter or email problem?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> --
>>> barry
>
> Not sure I agree with your analysis there. I would suggest it is a problem
> at his end , he is using Outlook, the only email client that generates the
> winmail.dat attachment. He is attaching to a message that is in other than
> plain text, hence the winmail.dat, that his recipients cannot read. If he
> attaches his .pdf to a plain text message most if not all his recipients
> will be able a to read his message and detach the .pdf attachment.
> Which I think is what it says in the referenced file.
>
> --
> --
>
> Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I wish I could
> remember the darn question
>

JoAnn Paules wrote:
> I suppose it depends on how you look at it. I see it as a problem
> that other email programs have rather than an Outlook-caused issue.
>
>
> "GbH" <Geoff_Hannington.TakeThisOut@IEE.ORGasm> wrote in message
> news:OcOmAqTCJHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> JoAnn Paules wrote:
>>> Email problem. And not on your end.
>>>
>>> http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> "barry" <barry.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:28A2EE5C-993C-45DC-8134-F228F9BDD953@microsoft.com...
>>>> When I convert a publisher file to a pdf it seems fine on my system
>>>> but some
>>>> of my clients can't recognise the file (it shows up as a
>>>> winmail.dat file).
>>>>
>>>> Is this a problem with the publisher pdf converter or email
>>>> problem? thanks
>>>> --
>>>> barry
>>
>> Not sure I agree with your analysis there. I would suggest it is a
>> problem at his end , he is using Outlook, the only email client that
>> generates the winmail.dat attachment. He is attaching to a message
>> that is in other than plain text, hence the winmail.dat, that his
>> recipients cannot read. If he attaches his .pdf to a plain text
>> message most if not all his recipients will be able a to read his
>> message and detach the .pdf attachment. Which I think is what it says
>> in the referenced file.
>>
>> --
>> --
>>
>> Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I wish I could
>> remember the darn question

A continuing case of everyone's out of step except Microsoft?

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--

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I wish I could
remember the darn question

Not at all. Just a different way of looking at it.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"GbH" <Geoff_Hannington.DeleteThis@IEE.ORGasm> wrote in message
news:eSY37hbCJHA.2476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> JoAnn Paules wrote:
>> I suppose it depends on how you look at it. I see it as a problem
>> that other email programs have rather than an Outlook-caused issue.
>>
>>
>> "GbH" <Geoff_Hannington.DeleteThis@IEE.ORGasm> wrote in message
>> news:OcOmAqTCJHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> JoAnn Paules wrote:
>>>> Email problem. And not on your end.
>>>>
>>>> http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "barry" <barry.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:28A2EE5C-993C-45DC-8134-F228F9BDD953@microsoft.com...
>>>>> When I convert a publisher file to a pdf it seems fine on my system
>>>>> but some
>>>>> of my clients can't recognise the file (it shows up as a
>>>>> winmail.dat file).
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this a problem with the publisher pdf converter or email
>>>>> problem? thanks
>>>>> --
>>>>> barry
>>>
>>> Not sure I agree with your analysis there. I would suggest it is a
>>> problem at his end , he is using Outlook, the only email client that
>>> generates the winmail.dat attachment. He is attaching to a message
>>> that is in other than plain text, hence the winmail.dat, that his
>>> recipients cannot read. If he attaches his .pdf to a plain text
>>> message most if not all his recipients will be able a to read his
>>> message and detach the .pdf attachment. Which I think is what it says in
>>> the referenced file.
>>>
>>> --
>>> --
>>>
>>> Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I wish I could
>>> remember the darn question
>
> A continuing case of everyone's out of step except Microsoft?
>
> --
> --
>
> Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I wish I could
> remember the darn question
>