How can I view attachments in-line?

[Peter Steele]

When I use Outlook Express, messages I receive that have picture attachments
display the pictures directly in the preview pane for the message. With
Outlook however, the attachments are displayed as icons which I have to
double-click to view them in a separate viewer application. Can Outlook be
configured to see picture attachments in-line like Outlook Express has
support for a long long time?

 

[BT]

Hi Peter

It depends on which mail format is using, by default, OE use HTML and MS
Outlook use RichText or Word. I suggest you to change the MS Outlook
default mail format to HTML, then you can see the same as OE.

BT

 

[Roady [MVP]]

This has got nothing to do with the format of the message. Outlook simply
doesn't display attachments in-line (by Insert-> File). Outlook only
displays pictures in-line when they are inserted in-line by Insert->
Picture...

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[Peter Steele]

That's really unfortunately. A definitely lacking in an otherwise very
complete program...

 

[Peter Steele]

Is there a third party add-on to support in-line viewing of pictures that
have been added using Insert File? The problem is that few people, including
myself, use the Insert Picture command. I either go for the paper clip tool
bar button or drap and drop the picture in my message. Even low-end email
clients support in-line viewing of attached pictures so I'm surprized there
is no way to do this in the #1 maul client available.

Peter