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OE Stationary : Setting where text entry should begin?

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Floogle

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Hi,

I have created an item of Outlook Express stationary for a client. It has a header (displaying their logo, etc.) and footer (basic footer text).

The problem is that when my client creates a new e-mail, he Tabs down into the text input area (as opposed to click into the text input area). This means that anything he types will be inserted immediately after the <body> tag - before the Header:

<body>text is getting inserted here
<div>Logo, contact details</div>

<p>I want it to be inserted here</p>

<div>Footer with legal disclaimers</div>
</body>

Does anyone know of a way to tell Outlook Express where to start text input by default? I'd imagine it'd be something like this:

<body>
<div>Logo, contact details</div>

<p id=&quot;textstart&quot;>text goes here</p>

<div>Footer with legal disclaimers</div>
</body>

Thanks for any help.
 
If anyone is interested, I've discovered the solution:

<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>

<body>
<p>Lots of text up here as a header</p>
<img src=&quot;an_image_too.gif&quot; />
<span id=&quot;_AthCaret&quot;></span>
New text will be added after the above <span>
</body>
</html>

Outlook Express replaces <span id=&quot;_AthCaret&quot;></span> with <DIV> </DIV> when a new message is composed and places inputed text in that DIV element.
 
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