Apparently in Outlook 2000 users could attach a TIF file, open it, annotate
it, save the changes to the document right in the e-mail and send it along.
When they try that in Outlook 2003/2007 they're prompted to save the file to
a location on the hard disk which forces them to re-attach the edited
document and then send it along.

These files are temporary in nature and really only need to exist in e-mail
so saving them to the local machine is a needless step.

Is there any way to get back to the 2000 behavior?

Re: Edit outgoing attachment without saving it by Roady

Roady
Thu May 08 17:03:13 PDT 2008

Same process as previous versions of Outlook;
Open the message first and then open the attachment. Modify it, press Save
and then close the message. Changes to the attachment are now stored in the
message.

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"AElegre" <AElegre@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:894B6C9B-06AB-4D40-A61A-6F14C5E80101@microsoft.com...
> Apparently in Outlook 2000 users could attach a TIF file, open it,
> annotate
> it, save the changes to the document right in the e-mail and send it
> along.
> When they try that in Outlook 2003/2007 they're prompted to save the file
> to
> a location on the hard disk which forces them to re-attach the edited
> document and then send it along.
>
> These files are temporary in nature and really only need to exist in
> e-mail
> so saving them to the local machine is a needless step.
>
> Is there any way to get back to the 2000 behavior?
>

Re: Edit outgoing attachment without saving it by AElegre

AElegre
Thu May 08 17:29:04 PDT 2008

I guess i should have elaborated more, this does work with .DOC and .XLS
files but TIF files opened and annotated with Windows Picture & Fax viewer do
not.

I guess I answered my own question then - this is a limitaion of Windows
Picture & Fax Viewer and not Office....


"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> Same process as previous versions of Outlook;
> Open the message first and then open the attachment. Modify it, press Save
> and then close the message. Changes to the attachment are now stored in the
> message.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> http://www.msoutlook.info/
> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>
> -----
>
> "AElegre" <AElegre@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:894B6C9B-06AB-4D40-A61A-6F14C5E80101@microsoft.com...
> > Apparently in Outlook 2000 users could attach a TIF file, open it,
> > annotate
> > it, save the changes to the document right in the e-mail and send it
> > along.
> > When they try that in Outlook 2003/2007 they're prompted to save the file
> > to
> > a location on the hard disk which forces them to re-attach the edited
> > document and then send it along.
> >
> > These files are temporary in nature and really only need to exist in
> > e-mail
> > so saving them to the local machine is a needless step.
> >
> > Is there any way to get back to the 2000 behavior?
> >