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Attachment behavior in Outlook


Q. In the past, when I attached a document to an e-mail message in Outlook, the symbol for an attachment showed up above the message. Now the attachment shows up within the body of the message or at the end, depending on when I attach it. How can I go back to the symbol?

A. When composing a new message in most e-mail applications, including Outlook, you have 3 text formatting options. HTML, Rich Text and Plain Text.

HTML and Rich Text both allow you to embed things like images, stylized text and custom stationeries into your electronic missives to spruce things up and generally make your message more appealing (or irritating if used improperly).

The Plain Text option, as the name implies, is just plain old text. No embedding of images, no changing of fonts or font colors and no custom stationary.

If you compose a message using the Rich Text option in Outlook and you include an attachment, the attachment icon will just show up in the body of the message where ever the cursor happens to be when you attach the file or where ever you drop the attachment if you just drag it into the message using your mouse.

If you want to go back to having the attachment show up in the attachment box at the top of your message you simply need to change you format back to HTML or Plain Text and you’ll be all set.

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