Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Lion Edition

Stationery

Suppose you have an occasion where you want to jazz up your mail, like an invitation to a bridal shower or a mass-mail update as you get your kicks down Route 66.

These messages just cry out for Mail’s Stationery feature. Stationery means colorful, predesigned mail templates that you make your own by dragging in photos from your own collection. Those fancy fonts and graphics will certainly get people’s attention when they open the message.

Here’s how to make a stylized message with Mail Stationery:

1. Create a new message.

   Click File→New Message, press -N, or click the button on the Mail window toolbar.

2. On the right side of the toolbar in the New Message window, click the button.

   

   Figure 11-6. To use Stationery, start by clicking a template, and then add your own text in place of the generic copy that comes with the template.

   A panel opens up, showing you all the available templates, in categories like Birthday and Announcements (Figure 11-6).

3. Click a category, and then click a stationery thumbnail image to apply it to your message.

   The body of your message changes to take on the look of ...