How to Send an Attachment in Email

1. An Attachment is a file, such as something you've written in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel that you want to send to someone else. 

2. To send your file, you must go into your email program (i.e. MS Outlook, Hotmail, Yahoo!, etc.).

3. In Outlook, you must click on "New Message" or whatever button you're used to hitting to bring up the composing area. Then you can either click the "Attach" button or go to the "Insert" toolbar at the top of the screen and click on "File Attachment." After that, you just find the file on your computer...hopefully you remember where you saved it and what you called it!

4. In Hotmail or Yahoo! or any other online email account (i.e. one that you can't view your messages offline/not on the web or you can view from any computer, like the library) you must click on "Compose" and then "Add/Edit Attachment". It might not say that exactly, but the word "attachment" will be there.

5. Now there's a browse button. Click it and once again you must know where you saved your file and what you named it. Did you save it in "My Documents"? Then go there! Then double-click it and hit "OK" or whatever. These websites usually display instructions on how to attach and how big the file can be.

6. Now you're done! Go ahead and write a quick note in the "composing" area so that your recipient will know what you have sent him/her isn't a virus but something neat! 
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