I had always wondered how to send HTML e-mails—you know, the ones with embedded pictures, css, and specialized formatting—from my Gmail account but could never figure it out. Perhaps Gmail prevented this to make sure people didn’t use their Gmail accounts as a source of SPAM. Who knows. I googled, too, yes I did. Still nothing.
Then it hit me. Create a Google Document and e-mail that. At first, this didn’t seem like it would work because the e-mail option under “Share” said, “Email as attachment…”. But when you click on that there is an option to simply paste document into your message.
Viola!