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How to prevent inline attachments in Outlook?

Have you noticed that sometimes when you inserting an attachment to the email message, the attachment will be inserted to the email body automatically not the Attached filed? That may be you applied the Rich Text format in your Outlook.

For preventing inline attachments in Outlook, you can do with the following article shows.

Prevent inline attachments in all outgoing email messages in Outlook 2010 and 2013

Prevent inline attachments in all outgoing email messages in Outlook 2007

Prevent inline attachments in an outgoing email message in Outlook

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arrow blue right bubblePrevent inline attachments in all outgoing email messages in Outlook 2010 and 2013

To prevent inline attachments in all outgoing email messages, you need to change all outgoing email format to HTML or Plain Text format.

1. Please click File > Options.

 

2. In the Outlook Options dialog box, please click Mail in the left bar, then go to the Compose messages section to choose HTML or Plain Text as you need from the Compose messages in this format drop down list See screenshot:

3. Click OK button.

Then when you inserting attachments in Outlook email message, it will be inserted to the Attached filed automatically.


arrow blue right bubblePrevent inline attachments in all outgoing email messages in Outlook 2007

In Outlook 2007, please do as follows.

1. Please click Tools > Options.

2. In the Options dialog box, please click the Mail Format tab. Then select HTML or Plain Text in the Message format section, and click the OK button.

arrow blue right bubblePrevent inline attachments in an outgoing email message in Outlook

For preventing inline attachments in an outgoing email message, please do as follows.

1. In the Message window, please click Aa HTML or Plain Text in the Format group under Format Text tab.

In Outlook 2007, please click Aa HTML or Plain Text under Options tab.

You can see the inline attachment is moved to the Attached field automatically after clicking Aa HTML or Plain Text.


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This advice is crap. Outlook inserts images inline for HTML messages as well.
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Thanks, just used this today.
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excellent expaianation
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IT DIDN'T WORK! I went into Options, chose Plain (and the HTML) and attachments are still ending up in the body of the messages. :(
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It worked!! I found it so annoying that it automatically changes your settings once the original sender uses the rich text format. UUUUgh!
Thanks a lot!
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Changing from Rich to HTML worked. TY
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Go to Message>> Paste > Paste Special > file and press OK. This will also work and attached the document instead of inserting in the body
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What if you are not able to change the "compose messages in this format" to HTML, it is defaulted to Plain Text
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for me the option worked is selecting the Aa HTML from the format text option
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For attachments sent by no-so-informed colleagues that are embedded in the body of the RTF message, how do I "Save all attachments"? The option doesn't seem to be there when I right-click on any of the attachments.
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What about Office 365? There doesn't seem to be any method of preventing inline images.
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It did not work for me. Everything is set correctly.
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