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Q: insert a table in a mail

Well, the question is in the subject.

 

How do you insert a table in an email, using iOS mail?

Looks stupid, but I can't find it...

 

Cheers

MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Mar 29, 2013 11:12 AM

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  • by Zlig,

    Zlig Zlig Mar 29, 2013 11:38 AM in response to fmontrelay
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    Mar 29, 2013 11:38 AM in response to fmontrelay

    I'm assuming you're referring to OS X Mail.

     

    The easiest way is to create a table in Textedit (Format > Table) and once you are done simply copy and paste into Mail.

  • by fmontrelay,

    fmontrelay fmontrelay Mar 29, 2013 11:01 PM in response to Zlig
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    Mar 29, 2013 11:01 PM in response to Zlig

    Waow, don't you you have something more complex?

    Is there really no way to do that within mail itself?

     

    Rgds

  • by Zlig,

    Zlig Zlig Mar 30, 2013 1:05 AM in response to fmontrelay
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    Mar 30, 2013 1:05 AM in response to fmontrelay

    It's less convenietnt, but hardly complex

  • by BlBell9999,

    BlBell9999 BlBell9999 Aug 13, 2013 7:34 AM in response to Zlig
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    Aug 13, 2013 7:34 AM in response to Zlig

    This doesn't work for me. I copied my table from excel into TextEdit and then it still won't go into mail... any other suggestions?

  • by BobTheFisherman,

    BobTheFisherman BobTheFisherman Aug 13, 2013 7:45 AM in response to BlBell9999
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    Aug 13, 2013 7:45 AM in response to BlBell9999

    Attach the excel file to the email.

  • by fmontrelay,

    fmontrelay fmontrelay Aug 13, 2013 10:14 AM in response to BobTheFisherman
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    Aug 13, 2013 10:14 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

    Bob, like we say in French, you lost an opportunity to keep your mouth shut...

    Apple obvioulsy does not give propoer attention to their email software: No real editor (see this thread), no reliable signature formatting, no receipt acknowledgment etc...

    That's strange. We are millions of professionals using our macs for business but this seem to be of no importance to Apple.

  • by BobTheFisherman,

    BobTheFisherman BobTheFisherman Aug 14, 2013 5:34 AM in response to fmontrelay
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    Aug 14, 2013 5:34 AM in response to fmontrelay

    It has never been a problem for me. I attach Excel files almost daily to professional emails and it has never failed me. You apparently do not have a grasp on the difference between email and more capable programs such as Excel.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Aug 14, 2013 6:37 AM in response to fmontrelay
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    Aug 14, 2013 6:37 AM in response to fmontrelay

    Receipt acknowledgement is not "professional." It is an intrusion into your recipient's privacy.

    The email "editor" is just fine. I have no desire to see a bunch of random font colors, mixed sizes, and all that other crap in an email.

    Receiving either of those things in an email makes me not want to do business with you. It's a sad state that people are impressed by that.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Aug 14, 2013 6:38 AM in response to Barney-15E
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    Aug 14, 2013 6:38 AM in response to Barney-15E

    The company I work for actually strips all of that formatting out and displays the messages as plain text, for security I suppose.

  • by fmontrelay,

    fmontrelay fmontrelay Aug 14, 2013 8:23 AM in response to BobTheFisherman
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    Aug 14, 2013 8:23 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

    I do have a grasp. Thanks for the almost insulting message.

    Inserting a table in an email is nothing fancy or outstanding; it is just a common thing.

  • by fmontrelay,

    fmontrelay fmontrelay Aug 14, 2013 8:25 AM in response to Barney-15E
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    Aug 14, 2013 8:25 AM in response to Barney-15E

    Unfortunately, though you may be right, receipt if often needed for legal reasons.

    That being said, I don't see why Apple should rule how I send emails. If they say this is for privacy reasons, I'l have a big laugh given everything they know about me (specially on my iPhone) and that I don't know they know.

  • by BobTheFisherman,

    BobTheFisherman BobTheFisherman Aug 14, 2013 8:28 AM in response to fmontrelay
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    Aug 14, 2013 8:28 AM in response to fmontrelay

    You then of course know that displaying email format including tables, signatures, colors, fonts, etc. is totally in control of the recipient. It matters not what formatting you want to insert into an email. You have no impact on the format the recipient uses to display the email.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Aug 14, 2013 8:37 AM in response to fmontrelay
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    Aug 14, 2013 8:37 AM in response to fmontrelay

    fmontrelay wrote:

     

    Unfortunately, though you may be right, receipt if often needed for legal reasons.

    That being said, I don't see why Apple should rule how I send emails.

    They don't. You can use any OSX compatible mail client you choose to, pick a different one, one that has the facilities you need.

  • by BobTheFisherman,

    BobTheFisherman BobTheFisherman Aug 14, 2013 8:40 AM in response to fmontrelay
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    Aug 14, 2013 8:40 AM in response to fmontrelay

    fmontrelay wrote:

     

    Unfortunately, though you may be right, receipt if often needed for legal reasons.

    That being said, I don't see why Apple should rule how I send emails. If they say this is for privacy reasons, I'l have a big laugh given everything they know about me (specially on my iPhone) and that I don't know they know.

    If you need a receipt for legal reasons, the email read receipt will not do it. Even if an email client allows read receipt requests, it is totally within the control of the recipient whether or not they send the receipt. You have no control over read receipts even if your email client supports read receipts.

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