In some instances, you may want to send an email through Outlook instead of a mass marketing solution. This is only appropriate if you are sending to a short list of people, usually students that you directly work with.

It is recommended that you ask a member of the web team to create the template for you.

Create the HTML

Step 1: Create an email in Eloqua. Remove the header and footer.

Step 2: Edit the top header section (First row)

1. Remove the background image. These do not transfer to outlook. 
2. Remove the spacers from both desktop and mobile
3. Remove the gray bar from the top of the header
4. Insert a full-width crest (a 600px wide, transparent png that adds a lot of padding to the left and right) where the spacer was. This may already be there.

Step 3: Edit the bottom footer section (last row)

1. Replace the bottom logo with a full width (600px) footer.

Step 4: Set the background color

1. Go to the Email Style section (paintbrush icon) in the left sidebar
2. Change the background color from gray to no background.

Step 4: Export the html (turn off Eloqua elements) and save the file.

Add the HTML to Outlook

Follow these instructions to put your html into an email.

Go to File> Save as

Under "Save as type" dropdown, select "Outlook Template", and save. 

This will save the html as an outlook template for you to reuse. You can send this file to others, although the file type varies by device.

Make sure to test the email by sending to yourself, as it may not look the same in your editor as it does in your inbox.