Attachment

[Karen]

Using Outlook XP
Let's say I send someone an e-mail attachment or someone
sends me one - Either way. (For example: an Excel
spreadsheet or a Word document) I open it and make some
changes to the file. When I close it, the application
will prompt me to save it and then Outlook will prompt me
to save it. I save it on both prompts. When I open the
attachment in my e-mail, the changes have been saved. If
I forward the message to someone, the recipient receives
the attachment without the changes. How can the
attachment be saved (without downloading it to the hard
drive) and be able to forward it with the saved changes.

Thank you

 

[Brian Tillman]

How can the attachment be saved (without downloading it to the hard drive)

You can't. In order to even view it, the attachment must be saved to the
hard drive. The usual place is in a subfolder of your hidden Temporary
Internet Files cache. When you edit it and save it without using Save As
(which is what you should be using), the saved file is again stored in the
at hidden cache, a place you don't normally access.

 

[Karen]

If you double-click the attachment, the file will open
and you will be able to view it. Then I can make
changes, save it and the changes will be saved. The
problem is: If I forward the message to someone, the
recipient receives the attachment without the changes.

 

[Brian Tillman]

If you double-click the attachment, the file will open
and you will be able to view it. Then I can make
changes, save it and the changes will be saved. The
problem is: If I forward the message to someone, the
recipient receives the attachment without the changes.

I suspect that's because the original attachment (that's still contained in
the message) hasn't been changed. Only the one you saved to your hard drive
has been changed and that's distinct from the one contained in the message.
Thus, when you forward it, you're forwarding the original one you received,
not the one you saved. You need to attach the saves file, not the original.