Attaching a file

Using Outlook Express

Attaching a file

Sometimes you need to add information to an e-mail message that would be too time consuming or inconvenient to retype in the message. For example, if you had a school newsletter you wanted to send to parents or a class schedule you needed to send to students, it would not be convenient to retype the information when it already exists in another document. In these types of situations, you can attach an electronic copy of the document to your e-mail message.

When you attach a file to an e-mail message, keep in mind that the recipient must have a program that can read the file. For example, if you attach a Word 97 file to the message but the recipient only has Word or MS Excel Workbook , the recipient won't be able to open the attachment.

To attach a file with your email message, follow these steps:

a. In the Outlook Express program, address the e-mail message.

b. Type a message in the blank message field below the Subject field.

c. Position the cursor in the message field where you want to insert the file. This can be at the beginning, at the end, or anywhere in between.

d. On the Insert menu, click File. The Insert File dialog box opens.

e. Locate the file you want to attach. Click the file and click OK. An icon representing the file labeled with the file name appears in the message.

f. To insert other files, repeat steps D and E.

g. Send the message by clicking on Send button .