Working with Attachments

An attachment is an image, document, or executable file that you send or receive with your messages.




	NOTE: If Open does not appear on the Attachments menu, you cannot open the attachment.

Select the attachment icon in the attachment list.
Choose Show List from the Attachments menu to show the attachment list in the Compose window.
Figure 8-9 Attachment icon example
Choose Open from the Attachments menu, or double-click the attachment icon.

If your system does not provide the ability to print attachments, the Print item will not be available.

Compose your email message.
Choose Add File from the Attachments menu.
The Mailer Add dialog box appears. See “Opening and Saving” for more information on this dialog box.
Select a file to attach and click Add.
The attachment is added to the attachment list in the lower portion of the Compose window.
To remove an attachment you just added, choose Delete from the Attachments menu.
To restore deleted attachments, choose Undelete from the Attachments menu.
Optional. Use Rename to change the name of the added attachment.

Select the attachment you want to save.
See “Opening and Saving” for more information.
Choose Save As from the Attachments menu.
Indicate where you want to save the attachment.
Type a new name for the file.
Click Save.
The file is saved to the selected location.




	NOTE: You can also drag and drop an attachment to File Manager. See Chapter 5 “Managing Files with File Manager” for more information.

You delete an attachment in the same way you delete a mail message.

Select the file within File Manager.
Optional. If the attachment list is not displayed, choose Show List from the Compose window Attachments menu.
Drag the file from File Manager and drop it onto the attachment list in the Compose window.
Send the message as usual.




	NOTE: You can also drag an attachment from the attachment list to File Manager. See Chapter 5 “Managing Files with File Manager”

Create the calendar appointment.
Drag the appointment from the Calendar Appointment Editor dialog box and drop it onto the attachment list in the Compose window.
Send the message as usual.




	NOTE: You can also drag a calendar appointment attachment from the attachment list to Calendar. See “To Drag an Appointment from Another Application to Calendar”, in Chapter 11 “Using Calendar”

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