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Thread: Word 2007 attaching 2 XML documents to emails sent through mail me

Word 2007 attaching 2 XML documents to emails sent through mail me
Janine Hergesell 11/10/2008 6:47:03 PM
I regularly send out email blasts through an e-mail merge in Word 2007 (using
an Excel sheet as data source).

Word 2007 is attaching two attachments to my email message (which is
confusing the recipients and getting the message blocked/caught in spam
filters):

themeManager.xml
colorschememapping.xml

(If you open them, one is a bunch of code and the other is a blank
Powerpoint slide.)

In Outlook (at least in 2007, I don't know about other versions), recipient
sees a mysterious paperclip icon....but no attachments, and nothing happens
when you click on the paperclip.

I've seen people write on message boards on the Web that these files are
created by Word 2007 "for round-trip purposes (i.e. when a file is going to
be converted from one format to another and then back again into the original
format.)"

But no one knows how to remove them or prevent them from being attached to
the messages we send.

Even more mysterious is that the problem only happens sometimes, and I'm
trying to determine why. I've tried:

--first creating the document in Notepad
--saving the document as a Word 2003 doc
--using the default "Normal" style
--changing the style to "No spacing"
-- under "Styles" clicking on "clear all formatting"
--not including bullets or numbered lists or merged data fields
--under "Word Options" unchecking the "embed linguistics/embed smart tags"
(I don't know what these are, but I'm trying everything...)
--sending through two different Outlook accounts

Any help is appreciated!
--Janine Hergesell
jhergesell[ at ]pletter.com

RE: Word 2007 attaching 2 XML documents to emails sent through mail me
Janine Hergesell 11/10/2008 6:51:02 PM
CORRECTION --- The attachments are named:

themedata.thmx
colorschememapping.xml

Thanks,
Janine

"Janine Hergesell" wrote:

[Quoted Text]
> I regularly send out email blasts through an e-mail merge in Word 2007 (using
> an Excel sheet as data source).
>
> Word 2007 is attaching two attachments to my email message (which is
> confusing the recipients and getting the message blocked/caught in spam
> filters):
>
> themeManager.xml
> colorschememapping.xml
>
> (If you open them, one is a bunch of code and the other is a blank
> Powerpoint slide.)
>
> In Outlook (at least in 2007, I don't know about other versions), recipient
> sees a mysterious paperclip icon....but no attachments, and nothing happens
> when you click on the paperclip.
>
> I've seen people write on message boards on the Web that these files are
> created by Word 2007 "for round-trip purposes (i.e. when a file is going to
> be converted from one format to another and then back again into the original
> format.)"
>
> But no one knows how to remove them or prevent them from being attached to
> the messages we send.
>
> Even more mysterious is that the problem only happens sometimes, and I'm
> trying to determine why. I've tried:
>
> --first creating the document in Notepad
> --saving the document as a Word 2003 doc
> --using the default "Normal" style
> --changing the style to "No spacing"
> -- under "Styles" clicking on "clear all formatting"
> --not including bullets or numbered lists or merged data fields
> --under "Word Options" unchecking the "embed linguistics/embed smart tags"
> (I don't know what these are, but I'm trying everything...)
> --sending through two different Outlook accounts
>
> Any help is appreciated!
> --Janine Hergesell
> jhergesell[ at ]pletter.com
>

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