outlook 2003 adds to the original email

[techidave]

not sure how to solve this question but our school sends out a weekly calendar or newsletter done in MS Word 2003.  When we email it out to everyone using Outlook 2003, it then adds to the orignal by a half of a page.  That is the original was done on just one page but the email comes through at a page and a half.

I have tried sending it out using plain text but that didn't help.  We just copy and paste it from Word to Outlook.

I know the mail header stuff like from, sent, subject and all that add to it and id does add the date at the bottom... but another half of a page?? 

Is anyone know of a way around this?

Thanks in advanced,
Dave

[4wd]

Wouldn't it be better to send as an attachment?

Even zip it up then attach it?

[techidave]

just trying to appease those who don't have word.

[SKA]

Convert the word file into a pdf or jpg file ?

Pdf has some compression builtin, while for jpg you may use IrfanView to resize it to say 800 x 600

SKA

[4wd]

Export as Rich Text Format and attach, (or zip and attach), it can be read by almost any word processor even WordPad.

[techidave]

good ideas SKA and 4wd.  don't know why I didn't think of those.  That's what I love about DC is the gentleness of the members in these reminders. 

[4wd]

Oh wait, did I forget this

Or did you forget this:

[techidave]

I like the second one better.