If you would like to send a file or photo with your email you will have to add it as an attachment. To do this please follow the steps below:
Create a New email message. After typing in the recipients email address, subject information, and email message, click on the paper clip icon just under your tool bar. Or you may instead go to your tool bar click on Insert and select File Attachment.
Browse your hard drive for the file you would like to attach. Once the file is selected click the Insert button in the bottom right hand corner.
Note: When creating files or scans for the purpose of emailing them, save them to you My Documents folder. This will make them much easier to find when you are ready to send your email.
Click Send to send your email message and attachment.
Open Attachment
How do I open an attachment sent to me?
Double click the file name in the Attachment field of the email you received. The file will open up.
You may then right click to save it to your hard drive or just open the file.
NOTE: It is unwise to open an email attachment from a stranger or name you do not recognized. This is how viruses are spread throughout the internet. If you receive a file that seems suspicious or a file with the extension .vsb do not open it throw it away immediately.
Be sure to check out Outlook's help files. They are very easy to use and are full of information to help you. Just press the F1 key while in Outlook.
