Attach photos to your message or calendar on Outlook

You can attach pictures to your emails and calendar events on Outlook to share them with others. There are two ways you can add a picture: inline or as an attachment. Inline pictures are displayed directly in the body of the email or the calendar event. Follow the instructions below to do add a photo to your message or calendar event.

Insert an inline picture to an email in Outlook

1. Open a new email by clicking or respond to one.
   
   
   
   
2. Choose the Insert pictures inline icon on the mini toolbar at the bottom of the message form.
   
   
   
   
3. Select a photo from your computer or your OneDrive. You can resize the picture when it appears in the body of the message.
   
   
   
   
4. Enter your message and click Send when you're done.
   
   
   
   

Attach a picture to an email in Outlook

1. Open a new email by clicking or respond to one.
   
   
   
   
2. Click Attach on the top bar.
   
   
   
   
3. Select either Computer or Cloud locations from the drop-down menu.
4. Select a photo from your computer, OneDrive, or any Storage accounts that you've connected (see how to connect storage accounts to Outlook) and click Next. 
   
   
   
5. Choose Attach as a copy.
   
   
   
   
6. Enter your message and click Send when you're done.
   
   
   
   

Attach a picture to a calendar event in Outlook

1. Open your Calendar.
   
   
   
   
2. Create a new event by clicking or open an existing event.
   
   
   
   
3. Fill in the calendar details form and in the message window, type your message.
   
   
   
   
4. Select Attach on the top bar.
   
   
   
   
5. Follow step 3-5 in the Attach a picture to an email in Outlook section above.
6. Add people to build your list of attendees.
   
   
   
   
7. Click Save when you're done.