I am trying to scan document that I will then attach in an email. When I attach it it shows up as a picture within the email instead of an attachment an people can't open it. Any help here?

What kind of Mac are you using, and what version of the operating system?

You should be able to select the document that you want to attach and then use the contextual menu (right click in some worlds) to compress the document, producing a .zip file. You can then attach that to the email and it won't appear as a picture within the email.

If I recall this correctly, the "compress" part in the contextual menu may have a different terminology.