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Why do the attachments I'm trying to send open in the body of my email rather than as an attachment icon?

I'm having trouble with attachments. When I select a document to attach, in either Word (doc) or pdf, sometimes the whole file opens in the body of the document, instead of just appearing as an attachment icon. I can't figure out why this only happens sometimes...seems to happen more with documents I've scanned in and saved as either Word or PDF files - what might I be doing wrong?

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Apr 25, 2013 11:02 PM

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antlcox5

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4 points

Mar 12, 2017 10:30 AM in response to Alberto Ravasio

Thanks so much for posting this. It did the trick for me.

Jul 5, 2017 3:45 AM in response to Alberto Ravasio

Thanks a stack Alberto

Jul 5, 2017 10:49 AM in response to gengail

Mine do also, however, they are fine when received so, I never bother about it. It is strange I grant you, but, then Apple have quite a few few funny ideas.:)

Cher W

Level 1

4 points

Oct 19, 2017 11:33 AM in response to Alberto Ravasio

thanks!! that has been driving me crazy for months now. Great explanation and easy fix.

Nov 21, 2017 1:47 AM in response to Alberto Ravasio

Thanks Alberto. I have to say that I was a bit nervous to open Terminal - clearly intended for people more IT literate than me, but a copy and paste did the trick perfectly!

Why do the attachments I'm trying to send open in the body of my email rather than as an attachment icon?