How do I attach files in to email messages in office 2003? in Outlook General Questions  
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EB 1/4/2007 11:10 AM PST
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  Since I've been using Office 2003, when I go to attach a file to an email
message, it randomly plops into the text of my message. When I was using XP,
and I selected attach files, a new line for attachments would appear, and my
attached files would neatly appear in this line. The office assistant and
online help have been useless. Please advise.

thanks!

EB
 
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Gordon 1/4/2007 11:15 AM PST
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  EB wrote:

> Since I've been using Office 2003, when I go to attach a file to an email
> message, it randomly plops into the text of my message. When I was using
> XP, and I selected attach files, a new line for attachments would appear,
> and my attached files would neatly appear in this line. The office
> assistant and online help have been useless. Please advise.
>
> thanks!
>
> EB

Change your email format (Tools-Options-Mail Format) to either plain text or
HTML.....
 
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EB 1/4/2007 12:12 PM PST
   
  Thanks, Gordon! That fixed it! I knew it was something simple, but I wasn't
making the connection between font format and attachments.

"Gordon" wrote:

> EB wrote:
>
> > Since I've been using Office 2003, when I go to attach a file to an email
> > message, it randomly plops into the text of my message. When I was using
> > XP, and I selected attach files, a new line for attachments would appear,
> > and my attached files would neatly appear in this line. The office
> > assistant and online help have been useless. Please advise.
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> > EB
>
> Change your email format (Tools-Options-Mail Format) to either plain text or
> HTML.....
>
 
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Sam 2/18/2009 8:48 AM PST
   
  I have the same problem as Gordon, done exactly what EB suggested, but still
have the issue with dragging attachments going into the body as a link and
not going to an attachment line. I have confirmed that I am using 2003
version. Is there any other setting that needs to be changed in my case?

"Gordon" wrote:

> EB wrote:
>
> > Since I've been using Office 2003, when I go to attach a file to an email
> > message, it randomly plops into the text of my message. When I was using
> > XP, and I selected attach files, a new line for attachments would appear,
> > and my attached files would neatly appear in this line. The office
> > assistant and online help have been useless. Please advise.
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> > EB
>
> Change your email format (Tools-Options-Mail Format) to either plain text or
> HTML.....
>
 
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Roady [MVP] 2/18/2009 9:00 AM PST
   
  Is this when creating a new message or when replying/forwarding a message?
In the last scenario, you'd be using the message format of the original
message which could be Rich Text. Change this message format to HTML or Rich
Text. This can be before or after you have dragged and dropped your
attachment into the message.

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"Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B5A2EF92-2233-438E-8E21-3D5E3DA5FC9C@microsoft.com...
> I have the same problem as Gordon, done exactly what EB suggested, but
> still
> have the issue with dragging attachments going into the body as a link and
> not going to an attachment line. I have confirmed that I am using 2003
> version. Is there any other setting that needs to be changed in my case?
>
> "Gordon" wrote:
>
>> EB wrote:
>>
>> > Since I've been using Office 2003, when I go to attach a file to an
>> > email
>> > message, it randomly plops into the text of my message. When I was
>> > using
>> > XP, and I selected attach files, a new line for attachments would
>> > appear,
>> > and my attached files would neatly appear in this line. The office
>> > assistant and online help have been useless. Please advise.
>> >
>> > thanks!
>> >
>> > EB
>>
>> Change your email format (Tools-Options-Mail Format) to either plain text
>> or
>> HTML.....
>>
 
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Gordon 2/18/2009 11:12 AM PST
   
  "Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have the same problem as Gordon, done exactly what EB suggested,

Err I think you got that a bit backwards! It was EB who had the problem, it
was me, Gordon, who suggested a solution!

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