Email Attachments

[Rosemary]

Hi,

Question about where the attachment appears. I know if HTML is selected, it
will appear in the attachment field, and with other options it will appear in
the body of the email message.

What I wonder is ... it used to pop in at the top of my email message, and
now it always pops in at the very bottom. I usually then click and drag it
back up to the top. Is there a way I can get it to put attachments at the
top of the email message by default?

Thanks,

 

[Brian Tillman]

Question about where the attachment appears. I know if HTML is
selected, it will appear in the attachment field, and with other
options it will appear in the body of the email message.

HTML and Plain Text will put the attachment in its own "Attachments" line.
For some earlier versions of Outlook, the separate line would be at the top
(between "Subject" and the body) for one of those two formats and at the
bottom, under the body pane, for the other. Current versions have the
Attachments line between the subject and the message body for both formats.
Rich Text, on the other hand, will include an icon representing the
attachment in the body of the message.

What I wonder is ... it used to pop in at the top of my email
message, and now it always pops in at the very bottom.

What version of Outlook? When you say "at the top" or "at the bottom", do
you mean above or below (but completely outside of) the entire body pane, or
do you mean within the body pane?

I usually
then click and drag it back up to the top. Is there a way I can get
it to put attachments at the top of the email message by default?

If you can click on and drag the attachment icon, then you are using RIch
Text format. In this case, Outlook will inset the icon at whatever point in
your message the insertion point sits.

 

[Rosemary]

Hi Brian,

Thank you for the helpful clarifiations. We are using Outlook 2003.

By "at the bottom", I mean it places the icon within the body pane, but at
the end of the text. I believe this would happen no matter where my
insertion point was.

My format option is set at HTML. However, I just recalled that this
generally comes up when I am replying to an email from someone, and usually
from outside our office. When I select "Reply" and then insert a file, it
comes in at the very end of all the text (my reply and their original email).
Does it make a difference what format they sent their email to me in?

Thanks,
Rosemary

 

[Brian Tillman]

By "at the bottom", I mean it places the icon within the body pane,
but at the end of the text. I believe this would happen no matter
where my insertion point was.

My format option is set at HTML. However, I just recalled that this
generally comes up when I am replying to an email from someone, and
usually from outside our office. When I select "Reply" and then
insert a file, it comes in at the very end of all the text (my reply
and their original email). Does it make a difference what format they
sent their email to me in?

Outlook will reply using hte format of the original message. If your sender
used Rich Text, then your reply will use that as well, no matter what you
have defined as your default format. Your description makes it clear that
the format is Rich Text. Click the Format menu and see which format is
checked. I'll wager it's "Rich Text". If you click at some location within
the message, then insert the attachment, it should insert where you clicked.

 

[Rosemary]

Thanks!

Outlook will reply using hte format of the original message. If your sender
used Rich Text, then your reply will use that as well, no matter what you
have defined as your default format. Your description makes it clear that
the format is Rich Text. Click the Format menu and see which format is
checked. I'll wager it's "Rich Text". If you click at some location within
the message, then insert the attachment, it should insert where you clicked.