Opening or saving email attachments in Outlook for Windows

 Objective

Outlook allows attached files to be downloaded or opened directly.

 Audience

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Guests

 Environment  

Windows Outlook

 Procedure

Outlook allows attached files to be downloaded or opened directly.

  1. Select the message and then click the caret icon next to the attachment.


     
  2. Do one of the following: 
    • To open the message, click the Open button.
    • To save the message, click the Save As button, navigate to the saving location and then click Save