How To Add A Picture To Outlook Email

Attach a file or picture from your computer in Outlook.com Reply, Forward or create a new email message or calendar event. Select Attach then Browse this computer. Choose the file you want to attach and select. If both the sender and the recipient use Outlook, a contact picture appears in e-mail messages when the sender includes a contact photo. The picture appears in the message header of the open message and in the header of the message. To add, remove, or change a picture for a contact, switch to your Contacts folder and edit the contact. Next, click on the hyperlink icon and type the link or paste it. As simple as that! Add a Hyperlink to an Image on Signature. Unfortunately, the Outlook Web App doesn't support other formatting.

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So you say you have a photos or other image you want to add to an email? Inserting an image into an email depends on the email program you are using. It is slightly different for each program but you can find the basic menu options to use to insert the picture through most programs.

Note: If you are using Gmail you cannot insert a .gif picture directly into a message but you can insert a .jpg or .png into an email message. The only way to add a gif to Gmail is to either attach it or put it as a picture in your Signature.How do I insert a picture into an email message?

For many free email programs like Gmail and Yahoo there is not a menu you can use to insert a picture directly into an email message. You have to attach the picture to the email instead.

How to Attach a picture to an email message:

Create a new email by clicking Compose Mail or something similar depending on your program.
Click Attach File.
Locate the file stored on your computer and click on it.
Click Open.
Wait until the file is loaded. You should see an indicator showing you that the file is attached.
Now you can create your email and the picture or other file will be sent along with your message.

How to add a picture or graphic into an Outlook email message:

Create a new email message.
Click the Insert menu at the top of the screen.
Click Picture.
Locate the picture from your computer by clicking the Browse button.
Click on the filename of the picture.
Click Open.
Click OK.

Inserting a picture or other image directly into an email will only work if the email is setup for HTML format. It will not work if you are using Plain Text.

To check the Format click the Format menu and then see what the checkmark is next to – HTML or Plain Text.

How to insert and view animated GIF images in Outlook email?

Let’s say your email’s recipients are likely to view the email in an Internet Browser, you can insert an animated GIF image in the email for the sake of visual description or others. Here, this article will introduce the ways to insert animated GIF images in Outlook emails, and view animated GIF images in received emails in Outlook.

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Insert an animated GIF image in an outgoing email in Outlook

Actually, you can insert an animated GIF image as easy as inserting any normal image in a composing email in Outlook.

1. In the Mail view, create a new email with clicking Home > New E-mail.

2. In the new Message window, please place the cursor in the message body where you will insert the animated GIF image, and click Insert > Pictures. See screenshot:

3. In the opening Insert Picture dialog box, please find out and select the animated GIF image you will insert, and click the Insert button. See screenshot:
Note: The inserted animated GIF image will be static in the composing email.

4. Compose the email and send it.

Note: When the recipients viewing the email in browsers, the GIF image is animated; If recipients view the email in Outlook, they can view the animated GIF image with below methods.

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View an animated GIF image in a received email in Outlook

For example, you receive an email with an animated GIF image in Outlook, you can view the GIF image as below steps:

1. In the Mail view, open the mail folder containing the email with animated GIF image, and then double click to open it.

2. In the opening Message window, please click Message > Actions > View in Browser. See screenshot:

3. In the popping up Microsoft Outlook dialog box, please click the OK button.

And now the email content is displaying in your browser, and the GIF image is animated.

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If you have Kutools for Outlook installed, you can view the email with animated GIF image by its Advanced Print feature.

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1. In the Mail view, open the mail folder containing the email with animated GIF image, and then click to select the email.

2. Click KutoolsPlus > Advanced Print.
And now you can see the GIF image is animated in the Preview pane.

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