It is recommended to use an email service provider such as Mailchimp for example when sending out your HTML email through Outlook. It is known that Outlook messes up the HTML code so your templates won't look the same as they do in other email clients.
You can install a Chrome extension such this one.
Possible problems with the OFT format files. The inability to open and operate the OFT file does not necessarily mean that you do not have an appropriate software installed on your computer. There may be other problems that also block our ability to operate the Microsoft Outlook Template Format file. Below is a list of possible problems. To convert them I open the HTML file in Word, then save as a Word 97 doc - that cleans up the code a bit. Then select all and copy the Word doc and paste that into a new email - then save that as a.oft file. Stick to Tables When Creating Outlook HTML Email Template.
If you haven't managed to find or use any, here is how you can export your HTML template in Outlook.
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In this article you will find how to:
Import HTML emails to Outlook 365
Open Oft Outlook Mac
- Select more commands to customize your quick access toolbar
2. Choose the 'attach' function and 'add' it to the toolbar
3. Open the 'attach a file' window from the quick access toolbar
4. Select the HTML file you need to import BUT do not click to INSERT yet
5. Switch the 'insert' button with the 'insert as a text' button and click
Import HTML emails to Outlook 2016
- Under the 'File' menu choose 'Options' to display the ‘Outlook Options’.
- Click to ‘Compose messages in this format’
- Set the drop-down menu choice to “HTML”. Click on 'OK'
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How To Open .oft File On Outlook For Mac
Tips when inserting your HTML to Outlook
If you want to design your email and send it with Outlook, not an Email Service Provider, we have some suggestions for you on how to do this on the most responsive way:
- You should set the background color in the email and change the fonts there, too.
- Keep it as simple as possible.
- Responsive OFTs are not possible, fixed width only.
- OFTs are not suitable to work on Mac, best to work on these on a Windows PC.
- This plugin can be a huge benefit: https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=outlookhtmleditor - it allows you to code wherever you normally do, and then import the HTML into a blank message, tweak, add subject lines and save as an OFT for distribution. It will also show you what Outlook does to the code once it's saved as an OFT. Your media query responsive code will not work, but doesn't have to be removed in most cases, Outlook just ignores it.
- To convert them I open the HTML file in Word, then save as a Word 97 doc - that cleans up the code a bit. Then select all and copy the Word doc and paste that into a new email - then save that as a .oft file.
- Stick to Tables When Creating Outlook HTML Email Template. Using tables for layout isn’t a good practice in the web world, but it’s still good practice in the email word, especially for supporting Outlook.
- Most Outlook versions don’t support the box model or things like flexbox, CSS Grid, and floats. This lack of CSS support makes it hard to use semantic HTML to build email layouts that display properly in Outlook.
- While most web browsers could display this HTML in two columns, Outlook would display each column div as its own row.
If you are having rendering issues on Outlook, you should check this article.
Have you found, downloaded or received an OFT file, but don't know which software program is required to open it?
Before attempting to open an OFT file, you'll need to determine what kind of file you are dealing with and whether it is even possible to open or view the file format.
Answer: Files which are given the .OFT extension are known as Outlook Template files, however other file types may also use this extension. If you are aware of any additional file formats that use the OFT extension, please let us know.
How to open a OFT file:Open Oft File In Outlook
The best way to open an OFT data file is to simply double-click it and let the default assoisated application open the file. If you are unable to open the file this way, it may be because you do not have the correct application associated with the extension to view or edit the OFT file.
This data file format was added to our database by a visitor to this site, but no additional information was provided. We have yet to investigate this file type further, or there was not enough information available at the time to report accurately on the format.
Please check back soon for more information as we are constantly updating our file descriptions based on search frequency.
Tip: Try to open the OFT file using a text-editor such as Notepad, as many file types contain simply contain unformatted plain-text and can viewed correctly using this method.