Insert Inline Image?

February 20, 2008 2:50 PM

How do I inline an image an Outlook 2007?

Microsoft Outlook 2007 has three e-mail formats: plain, rich-text, and html. I create a new message of the html type and I want to insert an image, inline, in the text. In other words, I want to get an <IMG> tag in the html of the message. Surely there's a way?

posted by iconjack to computers & internet (6 comments total)

I always just do this: using InternetExplorer, view the image you want, right click on it, and choose "copy". Then paste it where you want it in your Outlook email message.
posted by Ike_Arumba at 3:56 PM on February 20

Insert > Image (or picture). If you dont have Word 2007 installed (or if it isnt used as your default editor) then you're out of luck.

More info here:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102086501033.aspx
posted by damn dirty ape at 4:05 PM on February 20

The link that damn dirty ape presented pretty much described the method Ike_Arumba uses. However, I tested it, and it's sending the whole (encoded) image in the message. I'm trying to get it to insert the image via an <IMG> tag, so the image bits are not part of the message.
posted by iconjack at 4:14 PM on February 20

That may not be possible. Outlook doesnt allow editing of html (the only way I know how to do this). Ironically, Outlook Express does.
posted by damn dirty ape at 4:48 PM on February 20

You can write the html elsewhere and import it into the Outlook message. In the Insert File dialog you'll see that the Insert File button has a menu attached under which is the option Insert as Text. This will insert the html directly into the message.
posted by figment at 5:57 PM on February 20

figment, I don't see anything in Outlook 2007 that looks like what you're talking about. Maybe I'm blind. But are you sure you're not talking about a different version?
posted by iconjack at 8:10 PM on February 20