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mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;background:#003399;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:27.0pt'> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>  </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Imagical Update  How to use Imagical in your Newsletters and Emails</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:27.0pt'> <td width=181 valign=top style='width:135.95pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; background:#003399;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:27.0pt'> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><st1:date Month="1" Day="4" Year="2006">January 4, 2006</st1:date></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue>Links</p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-15.6pt; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 21.25pt right 510.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:#FFCC00;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#FFCC00'><a href="http://www.imagical.ca/"><span style='color:#FFCC00'>Imagical</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-15.6pt; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 21.25pt right 510.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:#FFCC00;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#FFCC00'><a href="http://www.merlinus.com/"><span style='color:#FFCC00'>Merlinus</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='color:#FFCC00'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='color:#FFCC00'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue>Contact</p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='color:#FFCC00;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Phone: (250) 926-0240<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='color:#FFCC00;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Toll-free: (866) 926-0240<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='color:#FFCC00;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Email: <a href="mailto:imagical@imagical.ca"><span style='color:#FFCC00'>imagical@imagical.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=544 style='width:408.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;background:white;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:27.0pt'> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext'>Imagical is all about your pictures - on your website and in your newsletters and emails.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Upload, add or change captions, and re-arrange the order of your online pictures anytime within seconds. Behind the scenes, Imagical optimizes images, creates thumbnails, enlargements, and&nbsp;slideshows. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext'>Imagical on your website<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>One line of code  technically speaking an &quot;inline frame&quot;  needs to be added to your website, once. This line of code commands seamless integration between your site and Imagical. (More details on this will follow in another article.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext'>Imagical in your emails<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:right 510.5pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Due to recent security updates to Outlook and Outlook Express, the same&nbsp;convenient method no longer applies for emails and e-newsletters. But there are some good alternatives:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:right 510.5pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:right 510.5pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Compose your message in Microsoft Word (2000 or later), Outlook, or Outlook Express. (Other current Word processing and mail programs may use similar processes.) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:right 510.5pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>There are several ways to direct readers to your Imagical collection from within your emails. As a simple example, type a line like this:<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#993300;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>View our newest photo collection at </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#993300'><a href="http://www.imagical.ca/im/th.aspx?cid=17-645" target="_blank"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.imagical.ca/im/th.aspx?cid=17-645</span></a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#993300;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>This will link to your thumbnail page. Clicking on any thumbnail will open the enlargement and slideshow. Or you could skip the thumbnail page and send your readers directly to the enlargement and slideshow:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#993300;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>View our newest photo collection at </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#993300'><a href="http://www.imagical.ca/im/sl.aspx?cid=17-645-0"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.imagical.ca/im/sl.aspx?cid=17-645-0</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#993300;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Or you could &quot;hide&quot; the link behind a description:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#993300;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><br> View our <a href="http://www.imagical.ca/im/th.aspx?cid=17-645"><span style='color:#993300'>newest photo collection</span></a>.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>How to make a text hyperlink</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext'>:</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> Highlight the part of the text you want to use, in this example <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>newest photo collection</i>. If you are using Word, Outlook, or Outlook Express: Choose Insert  Hyperlink from the menu, then paste the URL </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#993300;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><a href="http://www.imagical.ca/im/th.aspx?cid=17-645" target="_blank"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.imagical.ca/im/th.aspx?cid=17-645</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Or you could use any thumbnail from your collection and make it &quot;clickable&quot;:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.imagical.ca/im/th.aspx?cid=17-645"><span style='color:white; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=150 height=150 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.imagical.ca/im/collections/17/th/IMG_0943.jpg"></span></a><a href="http://www.imagical.ca/im/th.aspx?cid=17-645"></a><a href="http://www.imagical.ca/im/th.aspx?cid=17-645"></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>How to make an image hyperlink: </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Step-by-step instructions with screenshots are in the attached PDF file &quot;<a href="http://www.imagical.ca/im/examples/Step-by-step.pdf">Step-by-<span class=SpellE>step.pdf</span></a>&quot;.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext'>A few general tips for your newsletters and HTML emails<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-15.6pt; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 21.25pt right 510.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Just because it looks good on your computer doesn't mean it will look good on your reader's screen. Because everyone uses different mail programs, devices, program settings, screen settings, and font sizes, getting your message out and having it look great on a variety of systems can be a real challenge! To see what your customers might see, send a copy to yourself; pick up your newsletter using a Hotmail or Yahoo account; get feedback from a friend who is using a different system or a slow dial-up connection.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-15.6pt; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 21.25pt right 510.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Be careful with graphic sizes. If your logo, graphic, or photo has a size of 1 MB and you just insert and &quot;resize&quot; it in Word or your email program you will send a 1 MB file to your reader even though it looks small in your document. Use a graphic program to properly size images before inserting them. <br> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext'>Tip:</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: Verdana;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>When you use Imagical for your photos, you need never worry about sizes again. Imagical automatically sizes and optimizes all images for online display. And that means faster loading times and quicker viewing.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: Verdana;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-15.6pt; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 21.25pt right 510.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>HTML newsletters and emails, such as this one, are best viewed with a standard email program that is capable of displaying messages in HTML format. Keep in mind that many people retrieve their mail in plain text using online services (Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.) or even using their cell phones and other handheld devices. This means that they will not see any pictures and graphics; links that are hidden behind text or photos will be lost. You could add a sentence like this to your mail or newsletter: &quot;If you cannot see & go to </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#993300;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><a href="http://www.imagical.ca/im/th.aspx?cid=17-645" target="_blank"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.imagical.ca/im/th.aspx?cid=17-645</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> to view& &quot; Be sure to include &quot;http://&quot; in the link.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue style='margin-left:5.65pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Have fun with Imagical!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue style='margin-left:5.65pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue style='margin-left:5.65pt'><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language: DE;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Renée Kraft<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue style='margin-left:5.65pt'><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language: DE;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Merlinus Software Solutions<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: Verdana;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:DE;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=DateVolumeandIssue><span lang=DE style='font-family:Verdana; color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:DE;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='mso-ansi-language:DE'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>