OUTLOOK: Reply with attachments

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Eric Duhon

Example:
Someone sends me a document to review...I find errors on it and highlight
the errors and want to send it back for changes...I hit reply and the
attachment is not kept with the email...instead I have to hit foward and type
in all of the email addresses and then send. If I were given to option to
reply with attachments and reply to all with attachments it would be alot
more efficient...it should be a fairly simple modification allow for this
feature. Note: that part I highlighted is saved in the attachment but I
can't reply to the email with the changes attached...I have to foward it
which is not really what I should be doing...I'm replying not fowarding.
 
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Brian Tillman

Eric Duhon said:
Someone sends me a document to review...I find errors on it and
highlight the errors and want to send it back for changes...I hit
reply and the attachment is not kept with the email..
Click to expand...

Of course not. The sender already has it. If you want to make changes, you
must save it to disk, make your changes, reply, and attach your new file.
Making changes in the file as attached to the message just changes a
TEMPORARY COPY of the attachment that goes away when you close the message.
 
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Eric Duhon

You are wrong...I encounter this nearly every day. I make changes to the
attachment and when I hit save it saves the changes in the original email.
The sender has the original unchanged version...I want to send the changed
version without having to hit foward and retype the addresses...there should
be a reply with attachment option. The file is already on my disk in outlook.
 
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Brian Tillman

Eric Duhon said:
You are wrong...I encounter this nearly every day. I make changes to
the attachment and when I hit save it saves the changes in the
original email. The sender has the original unchanged version...I
want to send the changed version without having to hit foward and
retype the addresses...there should be a reply with attachment
option. The file is already on my disk in outlook.
Click to expand...

If it's in the message, it's not on the disk in a usable form. You must
explicitly save the attachment, click reply, and then attach your changed
files.
 
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Luis MOnroy

I have the same problem or worst because i dont have an attachent i have a
second tab(with custom fields) in the message(custom form) when i forward the
message keeps the tab but when i reply the second tab (with the important
info) doesnt keept with the message.
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

If you want to reply with a custom form, you have to set that form in the Reply action on the form's (Actions) page in design mode. *And* the reply form must be published to Organizational Forms or Personal Forms.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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byrddog75

I agree with Eric... it's truly an efficiency thing as well. This worked
beautifully in Eudora (other advantages include new message stationary, being
able to resend multiple messages in case of error). This seriously makes no
sense in regards to opening, making some comments, etc, saving, and just
hitting reply with all in tact.
 
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