E-MAIL
ATTACHMENTS
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Business Computing Tips
By K&K Fainges kfainges@bigpond.net.au
Whenever possible, it is best to put information in the body of an email.
That way it makes it much harder for viruses to get passed on. Sometimes
though, the formatting, size or nature of a document, means that you really
need to attach it.
There are a number of ways to attach things to an email. And you can attach
just about anything, (though if it is over half a meg at the absolute most, it
is really preferable to place it on the web and let them download it from
there).
The first is to open up Explorer (Go to the Start button on your desktop,
the first bit you see when you turn the computer on, and right click. Then
chose explore.)
Find the file, document, picture whatever, you want to send and right click
on it. Go down to SEND TO, click on that and chose MAIL RECIPIENT. An email
will open up with the attachment already in place and ready to go. Just add in
the address, subject and message and hit send.
The same thing works in a number of office programs like Word. If you go to
FILE, you will find that same SEND TO command.
The last way I will show you is through the email program itself. This way
works best if you have a different email program from the rest of your
applications, i.e. Eudora with Word etc.
Open up an email and fill it out as normal. Then hit either the icon for
attachment (normally a paperclip) or click on INSERT then on FILE from the
menu bar (the words along the top of the email.)
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Please feel free to pass it on to your friends, just let them know I wrote
it.
Karen Fainges holds a Bachelor of Business, and a Grad. Cert of Vocational
and Educational Training. All this is nice but it's the 14 years of having to
make sales or starve that makes her think she has really learnt what does and
doesn't work. A tutor for all ages, she specialises in helping people get
started on the long road to technology.
"It has to be practical, it has to be cheap, and it has to work."
