When I want to attach a document to a message in Outlook (2003) I click the
paper clip icon, find the doc, and it shows up in an Attachments line in the
header of the mail message.

However sometimes I do the exact same thing and it embeds the document in
the text of my message at my current type-in point. This seems to happen
sporadically, I think in messages where I've done a Reply versus a New
message, but not consistently. What causes this difference, and how can I
stop the embedding behavior, which I almost never want?

MarilynH <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> When I want to attach a document to a message in Outlook (2003) I
> click the paper clip icon, find the doc, and it shows up in an
> Attachments line in the header of the mail message.
>
> However sometimes I do the exact same thing and it embeds the
> document in the text of my message at my current type-in point. This
> seems to happen sporadically, I think in messages where I've done a
> Reply versus a New message, but not consistently. What causes this
> difference, and how can I stop the embedding behavior, which I almost
> never want?

A message composed in HTML or Plain Text will show the attachment in its own
header line as you observe. A message in Rich Text format will show the
attachment in the body of the message. Set your default compose format to
HTML or Plain Text.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]