How do you keep an attachment to message in a reply to the message

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After reviewing an attachment I want to send it back to the originator with
changes. How do I keep the attachment in the reply without having to save it
somewhere then attach it to the reply?
 
You have to forward it back to the originator. An attachment is not included
with a reply because it is assumed the person who sent it to you already has
a copy. If you alter the attachment, either reply and attach it or forward it
back.
 
clueless said:
After reviewing an attachment I want to send it back to the originator with
changes. How do I keep the attachment in the reply without having to save it
somewhere then attach it to the reply?
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You are NOT making changes to the attachment in the original e-mail.
There is no file in that e-mail. There is a text-encoded MIME part that
holds the content of the original file. For you to edit that content
means it had to get saved to a file. You could save the file to the
hard disk, edit it, and then attach that changed file to a new e-mail
sent to the original sender. If you edit the attachment, Outlook has to
first save it to a file on the hard disk under its hidden OLK* folder.
So if you want to send the changed file, you'll have to navigate to that
hidden folder to attach the changed file.

You are not editing the attachment. You are editing a file. So send
the edited file.
 
Not entirely true. If you open the attachment, edit it and save it (just hit
Save) the copy on the message is updated - provided you either opened the
message and closed it AFTER saving the document or if opening it from
preview, did not view any other item. As long as the link to the original
message is not broken, outlook will save changes to the attachment. You
could then forward it, with changes.

it's really not the best way to do it though, because its so easy to lose
the changes.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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