I have a 2000-named database in an Excel doc. Each line is made up of columns called Name, Address, City, State, Zip, Phone, Fax, URL, and Email.What exactly do you mean by "getting it into Entourage"? Do you not simply want to to send the Excel file as an attachment that your recipients can save and open? Do you want it all to appear in the body of an email message? That's going to be one long email message.
What is the best way for getting this Excel doc into Entourage (2004, v11.2.5).
I'd be willing to hire someone to create an AppleScript, if that's what it would take.
The only way that it would look in any way legible in an email would be in Table format, with all those fields separated into columns neatly spaced. Even then, in email, the table might well be too wide on many recipients' computers, and would wrap around in unsightly ways.
Entourage can't do tables by itself, not even in normal HTML mail. To try out what could be done, select the whole content of the Excel spreadsheet (open in Excel) and paste it into Word. That ought to paste as a Table, and you can tinker with it there (Table menu). When ready, go to File->Send to -> Mail Recipient (as HTML). That will turn it into an HTML email message in Entourage. (You can't edit it in Entourage, only in Word). Send it to yourself. See what it looks like when you receive it. Now make the email narrower so you'll see what it might look like on someone's 12-inch laptop. If it looks OK to you, that's how to do it.
Frankly, I think you'd be safer sending as an Excel attachment. Or if you think not everyone has Excel, paste into Word as a table, save the Word document, and send it as a Word attachment, Everyone has a text editor that can display Word documents, usually properly formatted, even if they don't have Word.
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Paul Berkowitz
