Attachments in email

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Rick P

I am using Windows XP Pro with Outlook 2002. When
composing email, if I want to add an attachment I click
on the paper clip and select the file I want to add.
Instead of adding as an attachment it places the file in
the body of the email. This just started about a week
ago. Until then it worked fine.
 
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Rick P

Sorry to hear you have same problem but glad to know I'm
not going crazy. If I open Word itself, then click on
email and click on the clip, the file I select will not
go in the body of the email it will bring up an
attachment line below "to,cc,subject" and place the file
in that attachment line. That is what used to happen when
composing email right out of Outlook. I have Word
selected as my default email editor and have for 2 years.
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

The placement of the attachment is entirely dependent on the message format
you are using:

Plain Text - at the bottom in a separate window.
HTML - in a line in the message header.
RTF - In the message body where you place the insertion point.

If the recipients are not getting the attachment, change to plain text for
sending. Some mail clients cannot render HTML (Outlook 97 comes to mind,
along with Pine) and Outlook Rich Text Format only works with Outlook (not
Express) and Eudora.


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Rick P asked:

| I am using Windows XP Pro with Outlook 2002. When
| composing email, if I want to add an attachment I click
| on the paper clip and select the file I want to add.
| Instead of adding as an attachment it places the file in
| the body of the email. This just started about a week
| ago. Until then it worked fine.
 
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