One of Clipform's best features is the ability to include literal text along with Outlook field data. This literal text can be ANY text , including HTML code Thus, Clipform makes it easy to extract Outlook data directly to a web page. If you specify an e-mail recipient for the output, and you have Outlook 98 or later installed, Clipform will even create a formatted HTML mail message.

Here are the steps to create a Clipform template that will make a web page (or HTML mail message) using data from Microsoft Outlook:

1. Create and format a sample web page using your favorite HTML editor (e.g. Microsoft Front Page). Include sample data for one item as a placeholder.
2. Go to the HTML view and copy the resulting HTML code to the Windows CLIPBOARD.
3. Create a new Clipform template (On the Windows Start Menu, choose Programs | Ivitar Software | New Template). The template will be created and opened in Notepad.
4. Paste the HTML code into the template.
5. Substitute Outlook field names for the sample data. For example, if you're creating a template to extract contacts, you could change Joe Doakes (sample data) to [FullName] (Outlook field name). In the case of Outlook fields which include dates/times, boolean (true/false) values, numbers, or special fields (e.g. gender, importance, status, etc.), be sure to specify how you'd like that data to be formatted.
6. Insert the [ENDHEADER] and [BEGINFOOTER] directives to separate the HTML code that is to be duplicated for each Outlook item, from the HTML header and footer code. (See example below.)
7. Specify the Source Outlook folder, the Output HTML file name (or e-mail recipient), and any sorting or filtering criteria.