Help for downloading and extracting stationery zip files.
NEW INFORMATION ADDED BELOW!!
The old standard way:
To download
and use the stationery with "Outlook
Express" |
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With the NEW and very
different types of computer systems that are now available,
using stationery with email is a bit more complicated than it was
with the Windows 95, 98, and other older systems.
I've tried to come up with some helpful info about using
stationery with the newer systems here.
ONE thing to notice, is that...there can be SEVERAL folders that are named the same, so..be sure to follow the paths to the correct folders in which to extract these stationery files, or they will NOT work.
NOTE:
VISTA systems will NOT let you download into the STATIONERY
folder on the
'C' drive as we've ALWAYS been able to do, AND...the email
program is NOT called "OUTLOOK EXPRESS" on these new
systems.
It is called "WINDOWS MAIL".
It DOES however, work very much the same, so..email stationery
WILL work with it.
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For using stationery with "WINDOWS
MAIL"
on 'VISTA' systems:
You'll have to download
into your personal
folder,
(still be very sure to notice WHERE you're downloading TO!).
Then EXTRACT (or unzip) into:
"OS(C:)\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\Stationery"
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To USE
the stationery from "Windows Mail" (on 'VISTA' systems)
go to "Message/NewMessageUsing/SelectStationery"...
Then..BROWSE to find
"OS(C:)\Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery" under 'COMPUTER'
and choose the htm or html file that you want to use.
'Windows Mail' does NOT default to the Stationery folder on the
'C' drive.
It DEFAULTS to another STATIONERY folder under your own personal
folders.
Therefore, all the files to build the statonery designs, MUST be
extracted into this folder:
"OS(C:)\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\Stationery".
VERY IMPORTANT!!!!:
ALSO...
(When using XP)
When given the option to NAME your downloaded file, DO NOT RENAME anything! Only select from the drop-down box,
"ALL
FILES" instead of "Compressed (zipped) Folder. Otherwise, your files
will go into a seperate folder from the STATIONERY folder, and the
stationery will NOT work.
I hope this information will NOT confuse anyone, and will be helpful in continuing to have fun using stationery with email.
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