HTML or HTML + CSS in Outlook 2007

I wonder where do you put the HTML & CSS information into Outlook?

you can't just type HTML code with CSS on the new message window can you?

I know Microsoft has an "HTML & CSS Code Validator" which checks code for Outlook 2007 emails, and it only works with Visual Studio and Dreamweaver.

so does that mean you can only code HTML & CSS in Dreamweaver or VS?

and after creating a CSS style sheet, isn't it always just a .css text file included with the .htm file?

and so a better question might be: How do you manually type in HTML code into Office 2007? or at least get your code to display in 2007?

I tried dragging and dropping the .htm file into the new message like you do with browsers, but nothing..

is it somethng you have to do with word?

thanks

I believe Microsoft uses the Internet Explorer engine to render emails and use the MS Word engine to compose messages. They may use a new engine all together for Outlook 2007 as it feels like every CSS element has been rendered useless.

What's this mean? Poor support for CSS and HTML viewing and terrible support for CSS and HTML email creation.

Technical Junk From Microsoft:
Word 2007 HTML and CSS Rendering Capabilities in Outlook 2007 (Part 1 of 2)
Word 2007 HTML and CSS Rendering Capabilities in Outlook 2007 (Part 2 of 2)

Other options?
Thunderbird as an email app...
A PHP Script
Use Safari to Email the HTML contents of a web page

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One last link.

Guide to CSS support in email clients - Articles & Tips - Campaign Monitor

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For those of you creating and sending email newsletters there are some changes to the way Outlook 2007 will affectation your newsletters. Most Outlook users are apparently still application a antecedent adaptation but that will be alteration soon. Here are some of the changes to Outlook 2007.

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