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Copying and Pasting Content and Images

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Last Updated: August 29, 2008 4:39 PM

If you are using Internet Explorer or Firefox in Windows, or Firefox on a Mac, you can enable the Image Paste feature so that you can use cut-and-paste to add file attachments and content with images to your email messages in Web-Based Email.

NOTE: If you are using Internet Explorer, when you enable the Image Paste feature you also enable the Multiple Download feature. For more information, see Downloading and Viewing Message Attachments.

To Add Attachments

You can use the traditional method of clicking Add Attachment, and then locating and selecting the attachment. Or, if you have enabled the Image Paste feature, you can copy and paste the file as an attachment by doing the following:

  1. Locate the file on your desktop or using Windows Explorer.
  2. Right-click on the file and select Copy.
  3. In your Web-Based Email Compose window, right-click and select Paste.

The file is added to your message as an attachment and the file name displays in the Attachments list.

To Add Content

You can type your text content in the body of your message in the Compose window. Or, if you have enabled the Image Paste feature, you can copy and paste your content by doing the following:

  1. Open a file with the content you want to include in the body of your message.
  2. Select the content, including images, that you want to include in your message.
  3. Right-click and select Copy.
  4. In your Web-Based Email Compose window, right-click and select Paste.

The content, including the images, that you copied from your file are added to the body of your message.