Body background images in Outlook 2007?

[metadog]

Hi! I have built an email blast that is designed to stretch in the middle based on the content. The problem I have is that I can’t find a technique for the stretching area that works in Outlook 2007. I have graphics on the right and left of the content that are designed to stretch. I used a background image set to 100%... no good. I set an embedded table set to 100%... no good. These things work in everything EXCEPT Outlook 2007 and it’s stupid MS Word rendering engine. Can you suggest a technique? Detailed directions would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Wickham]

Outlook 2007 will not process background images in html emails (but Outlook 2002 does).

You have to use tables for html emails. See this page item 2 for general advice.
http://www.wickham43.net/formhtmlemail.php
Html emails can be difficult because different browsers process in different ways, so it pays to keep the table code very simple.