Microsoft KB Archive/259117

= OL2000: How to Send Attachments =

Article ID: 259117

Article Last Modified on 10/8/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q259117





SUMMARY
This article describes how to use Outlook to send file attachments in e-mail messages.



MORE INFORMATION
To attach files to your e-mail messages so that the e-mail recipient can open the files:
 * 1) Start Outlook.
 * 2) On the File menu, point to New, and then click Mail Message to open a new mail message.
 * 3) On the Insert menu, click File.
 * 4) Browse through the folders, and click the file that you want to insert.
 * 5) On the Insert button, click the arrow, and then click Insert as Attachment.
 * 6) In the To box, type the address of the recipient.
 * 7) In the Subject box, type the subject of the e-mail message.
 * 8) Click Send to send the message and its attachment.

Tips:
 * You can also drag a file from the desktop or from Windows Explorer to the text box of an open item to insert it.
 * You can drag a file to a shortcut on the Outlook Bar to create an item of the same type that the shortcut points to.
 * If you drag the file to the Inbox shortcut, the file appears as an attachment in the new message.
 * If you drag the file to a shortcut that points to another folder type (except the Notes folder), the file appears as a shortcut in the new item.
 * If you drag the file to a shortcut that points to an e-mail folder other than the Inbox folder, Outlook copies the file directly to that folder without creating a new message.
 * If you use the right mouse button to drag the file to a shortcut on the Outlook Bar (except the Notes folder), you can choose whether to create an item that contains the file as a shortcut or as an attachment.

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