Email Effects files are simple plain text. This not only means that Email Effects files can be opened in almost every other Macintosh application but also that Email Effects can open text files created with any other application.

When opening a text file created in another application, it will be placed in a movable and resizable text box.

You can open PICT pictures and tables (as tab-delimited text files) for instant conversion. If QuickTime translation is available, many other picture formats, including GIFs and JPEGs, can also be opened.

Because Email Effects is designed primarily for creating emails, it implements a useful feature for users of Claris Emailer, Qualcomm Eudora and Microsoft Outlook Express, the three current most popular Email client programs on the Macintosh.

Select which Email client to use from those currently available on your system from the Email Client submenu in the Email menu. To send the message, choose To Email Message from the Email menu or click the button at the right-hand end of the toolbar. A new outgoing message will automatically be created in the chosen program with the entire document in the message body. If there is a current selection, that area will be moved across instead.

Email Effects adds the Message Prefix before outgoing messages (and text copied to the clipboard) to help recipients whose email software is not configured to view text in a fixed-width font. The prefix can be changed in the Preferences dialog. It is always worth using a fixed-width font such as Courier or Monaco in Email software for technical and historical reasons.