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How To Send A Picture

With Outlook Express

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Hover your cursor over a picture to see Tool Tips.

Use the F11 key to view full screen

Attaching a file versus inserting a picture

Question: What's the difference between inserting a picture into an email and attaching a picture as a file attachment?

Answer: Inserting a picture in Rich Text (HTML) format means the picture file is already open on the page when the message recipient opens the mail. The recipient can still save the picture file if they wish, but they do not have to worry about opening the picture, since it will be open when they receive the email. This requires a email program capable of receiving HTML email which most will, except some versions of AOL, Compuserve and Linx systems.

Attaching a picture file will work for all email. The picture is attached just like any file attachment. The recipient can open the file attachment or not, at their discretion. You attach a file using the Insert/file attachment menu option.

Click on the Insert Menu, then the File Attachment command to attach a file to the message.

 

New Message Window

Address and add a Subject line

 

Use the Rich Text (HTML) format to insert pictures in the message.

Click the Format menu / Rich Text (HTML) command.

Your address book opens when you click it's Icon next to To:

Add the address and subject line.

 

 To Insert Picture

Click the Insert Image button, or the Insert Menu / Picture command

Or use the Insert Menu

Insert drop down menu view.

Clicking the Insert Picture button or the Insert menu, Picture command will open this "Picture" dialog box.

I suggest you always use the Browse button when you see it.

Use the browse button to navigate to the picture you want to insert.

Use the "Look In" box to navigate to the save location of the picture file you want to send. Click on the black arrow, where you see the cursor. Click on the folder where your pictures are stored.

 

The "Look In" box set to "My Pictures"

To change the folder, click the black inverted triangle on the right side of the Look In box.

When the folder where your pictures are stored is set, look for your image file in the display.

 

 

 

 

Usually, you're picture files are stored in:

C:\My Documents\My Pictures

 

 

The Alt Text is what creates this Tool Tip that you're reading now.

The Alternate text box is what makes the "Tool Tips" show when you hover your cursor over the picture. You can type in anything you want here. In addition, if for any reason the picture fails to load properly (be visible), the  recipient will at least know what you attempting to send. The Horizontal and Verticle boxes set the space from text.

I like to center the picture on the page and press the Enter Key a couple of times to allow some extra space at the top of the page.

I like to use a different color for picture caption lines.

 

This is the Text Format Toolbar

The is the text formating tool bar.

Font selection box, Text size, Paragraph style,  Bold (B)Italic (I)Underline(U)Font color(A) then line numbers, bullets, increase, decrease indent, text alignment(left, Center, Right align), insert line, create hyperlink, insert picture

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This page last updated:

March 13, 2004