Outlook Tip of the Month: Attaching E-mail Messages

Date: August 3, 2007
To: UCOP Community
From: Tara Brant, Manager, IR&C; Technology Service Desk

When sending an e-mail message, you sometimes may want to attach to it a copy of a different e-mail message. Perhaps you need to provide a new employee information found in previous messages, or want to forward an exchange between several colleagues. You can do this very easily:

1. Open a new message.
   
   
2. Go to the Attachment icon (the paperclip) in your message and click on the down arrow next to it. Choose Item.





3. The Insert Item dialog box will appear. Browse through your Outlook folders and select the message(s) you want to attach.





4. Click OK. The selected message(s) will be attached to your new e-mail message.

If you have questions about this tip or any other Outlook feature, please contact the IR&C; TechDesk at 987-0457 or TechDesk@ucop.edu.