EMail Options - Layout & Reply Options

Suggested Layout to View Folders- Toolbars - Icons & Contacts List

Click on View – Layout –

The following Options will be listed.

When you have made changes click on APPLY and OK








EMail REPLY Options



Options within Outlook Express to select the REPLY DEFAULT

Click on TOOLS – OPTIONS – SEND


Note that in this example the INCLUDE MESSAGE IN REPLY IS TICKED

You can type your reply and then DELETE the original message . It becomes cumbersome to repeat all the messages in a chain

If you UNCHECK this Box you will start with a Blank New Message when hitting the Reply

Note the other options within the READ Tab

Email Options - Attaching Photos or Animations

Attaching Files or Inserting Photos or Animations

You can attach a File (Word Document, Excel Spreadsheet etc) or a Photo to an Email

1. Open Outlook Express and complete the message with Recipients Name, Subject and Message
2. You should have a Paper Clip as an Icon .. click on this OR Insert – File
4. Click Browse and use the LOOK IN BOX for the File or Photo Name – Highlight and click on Attach
5. The Filename will appear as an Icon is an Attachment line of your Email and it will always give you the file size
6. MY GOLDEN RULE IS NOT TO SEND ANYTHING OVER 100K



To Embed a Photo within a message or use an Animation (GIF)

1. The Format for your EMAIL must be in Rich Text. To check then click on Format and ensure the dot is against the Rich Text (HTML)
2. Complete your message as above
3. Click on Insert – Picture and Browse to find your photo. Use the LOOK IN Box to move around your folders to find where they are stored.
4. Click on the VIEWS arrow to select to view as Thumbnails
5. Highlight photo and click on Open and then OK
6. Animated GIF´s are usually found in a Folder called GIF under My Documents
7. The photo or animation will display within the Email just as the recipient will view it. If the photo is too large and scroll bars appear then you have not used the correct compressed photo! DO NOT SEND!

File Formats
File Formats and extensions is a lengthy subject but a quick summary is .

BMP file (BITMAP) are large and too cumbersome for attachments to Emails.
.JPG (JPEG files) uses a compression system and the option is usually available under scanning programs and photo editing and the best options for attachments. See Lesson Notes img104.doc to learn how to compress photos using IRFANVIEW
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is very good quality of compression but larger files than JPEG. It is used mainly by page designers and printers. It can cause some problems based on the various versions of TIFF format.
The .GIF is good compression for Web pages and animation.

NEVER OVERWRITE YOUR ORIGINAL PHOTO AS ANY COMPRESSION MADE CANNOT BE REVERSED.