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Insert an attachment
Do one of the following:
Insert a file
- Create or open the item in which you want to insert a file
attachment. For messages, you must be creating a new message to insert an attachment.
- Click in the body of the item, and then click
Insert File
.
- Select the file that you want to attach, and then click
Insert.
- In a new message, click
Send, and in any other type of item, click
Save and Close.
Notes
- By default, Microsoft Outlook blocks potentially unsafe attachment files (such as
.bat, .exe, .vbs, and .js) that can contain viruses. If you attach such a file to an e-mail message, you will be asked whether you want to send a
potentially unsafe attachment. If you answer
Yes, Outlook will send the attachment.
- You can also insert attachments by dragging a file from your computer to an Outlook item or by copying and pasting a file into an Outlook item as an attachment.
- A safer way to share files is to post the files to a secure
network share. In an e-mail message, you can include a link to the share that
you have given the recipient access to.
Insert an Outlook item
- Create or open the item in which you want to insert an
item. For messages, you must be creating a new message to insert an attachment.
- Click in the body of the item.
- If Microsoft Word is your e-mail editor, click the down arrow next to
the paper clip icon
, and then click
Insert Item. Otherwise, on the
Insert menu, click
Item.
- Select the message or other item that you want to attach, and then click
OK.
- In a new message, click
Send. In any other type of item, click
Save and Close.
Note An attachment in a message that uses HTML or Plain Text as the
message format appears in a line below the
Subject line, whereas an attachment in a Rich
Text message or in other types of items is included in the body of the
item.