attaching a word doc to e-mail

[kellrobinson]

I tried to attach a word document to an e-mail and something went
wrong. They e-mailed me back to say they couldn't open it. I had to
send it to them in plain text in the body of the e-mail.

Later I did a test by sending an e-mail to myself and attaching a word
document to it. I used yahoo e-mail. I got the e-mail, clicked
"view," and what came up was garbled. So obviously I need a little
help. Is it possible to send a Word document as an attachment to
e-mail, and if so, how? If not, what options do I have besides cutting
and pasting text into the body of the e-mail, losing all the formatting
etc.

 

[kellrobinson]

Don't choose View or Open; instead choose Save As to save the attachment to
your HD, then open it from within Word.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Okay I get it. The document wasn't messed up. The people I sent my
e-mail to must have made the mistake of trying to open or "view" it
directly -- the same mistake I made when I tried my little experiment.
I guess the only way to make sure a recipient of my e-mail gets to see
attached Word documents is to make explicit instructions in the e-mail
on how to open them. Not the kind of fussy thing I want to include in
my communications when I'm sending my resume to somebody. Nuts.