Hotmail can insert attachments

In this case, the file is stored on the device and a copy is created which is sent to all the recipients of the email. Each recipient will get their own copy of the file. Sharing a file from the cloud OneDrive unlocks the restriction which is imposed by the server when a file is sent as an attachment.

The attachment size limit for OneDrive files is 2GB. The recipients can collaborate on the attachment in real-time and we can impose some restrictions as who can only view the attachment and who can edit it, prior permission can be given. If you can add attachments or insert images, but the email won't send, read how to fix Outlook.

Links that begin 1drv. Add pictures or attach files in Outlook. Sharing OneDrive files and folders. Print email messages, attachments, and calendars in Outlook. Note: You will need to sign in first to get support. If you can't sign in, go to Account support. Unable to attach files in Outlook. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Note: depending on the size of the folder, even compressed into a zip archive, you might consider uploading it to OneDrive instead of attaching it see the last two sections.

As long as the web browser you are using is reasonably recent, you can just drag the zip file from a folder on your computer, and drop it inside the message body to attach it - much shorter than manually attaching it! Don't bother checking your attachment sizes before uploading them: first, because nearly every file you'll ever send will be below that limit; second, because Outlook.

To send these files, use OneDrive ". An alternate way to attach images to your messages only works with graphics, not any other kind of file! This is the same technique used when you, for example, paste a screenshot from OneNote into Microsoft Outlook: these images aren't strictly added as attachments, they're become part of the message content using Base64 encoding - see below.

Your email will normally appear as not having any attachment, but some email programs and webmail clients will still show the inline images as downloadable attachments. The screenshot on the left shows a Hotmail message in the Rackspace webmail client, sent with an "inline picture".

For an email newsletter and other forms of email marketing, you'll want to write direct HTML code that links your images from a specific URL web address , so that your content never appears as having attachments - or use a professional e-marketing solution that composes the newsletters inside an easy-to-use, WYSIWYG editor.

Short of that, adding an inline image will do the trick - here's how:. When you are in front of the new mail compose window, click again on the Insert button, but this time select " Pictures inline " from the dropdown menu.

The file picker will open once more: find the image you want to add, and double-click on it or click once on it to select it, and click on the " Open " button - how it's actually labeled depends on your computer's operating system , and on the web browser you are using.

Instead of adding the photo to your list of attachments, Hotmail will place it at the position of the insertion point blinking cursor inside the message body: you can type text and insert more images before or after the one you just added; to remove it, just click once on the image to select it, and hit the Backspace or delete key Del.

If you try to insert an image of an invalid or unsupported format, you'll get an orange placeholder whose alt text reads " The file is not a picture and can't be inserted inline " error message. In the screenshot above, we tried to add a PSD , layered Photoshop file in our message, which Hotmail and web browsers cannot display!

To attach one of your online files, click on the Insert button at the top, and select " Share from OneDrive ". Unlike files you upload from your computer, you can attach multiple files at the same time from OneDrive: just check the checkbox of each of the files you want to add to your message, and click Open when you are done: Hotmail will add clickable preview links for each of the files you add to your message.

In the screenshot above, we attached again : the Login Tips logo: notice how the embedded, clickable preview on the right is smaller than the actual file. This allows to keep your message size small, and only include links to attachments, with small previews, as opposed to adding those files to your email. The recipient will see a message without attachments, that includes the previews you saw above; since the thumbnails are called from Microsoft, and not embedded inside the message, it doesn't noticeably increase the size of your email.

When the person clicks on the thumbnail, OneDrive will show them, or allow them to download, the file that automatically becomes shared.