How can I drag an email to contacts w/ attachments?

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When I drag emails to contacts, the attachments are only listed in the
contact body; they are not actually attached. I can cut and paste the
attachment, but I would like the attachments to show up automatically. Is
there anyway to do this?
 
What exactly are you trying to achieve here?
I would assume you are not trying to move messages into the Contacts Folder.
 
I am moving email into my contacts. I drag emails to the contacts icon on
the navigation pane when I don't want to keep the email in a folder, but I
want to save some of the information from the email in my contacts. Dragging
opens a new contact and automatically fills in some of the areas. I can then
save just the signature or other information. What I want is to have
attachment links from the email show in the body of the contact area, so I
can access them from that location. Dragging saves a lot of time for me when
it comes to creating contacts, but not if I have to cut and past attachments.


Russ Valentine said:
What exactly are you trying to achieve here?
I would assume you are not trying to move messages into the Contacts Folder.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
TAA said:
When I drag emails to contacts, the attachments are only listed in the
contact body; they are not actually attached. I can cut and paste the
attachment, but I would like the attachments to show up automatically. Is
there anyway to do this?
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Not a good idea.
You would never want to store messages in a Contacts Folder. You store
messages in message folders.
Why not use the Activities Tab in Contacts to create links to the email
associated with a Contact? That's what it's for. Outlook does that for you
automatically and dynamically.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
TAA said:
I am moving email into my contacts. I drag emails to the contacts icon on
the navigation pane when I don't want to keep the email in a folder, but I
want to save some of the information from the email in my contacts.
Dragging
opens a new contact and automatically fills in some of the areas. I can
then
save just the signature or other information. What I want is to have
attachment links from the email show in the body of the contact area, so I
can access them from that location. Dragging saves a lot of time for me
when
it comes to creating contacts, but not if I have to cut and past
attachments.


Russ Valentine said:
What exactly are you trying to achieve here?
I would assume you are not trying to move messages into the Contacts
Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
TAA said:
When I drag emails to contacts, the attachments are only listed in the
contact body; they are not actually attached. I can cut and paste the
attachment, but I would like the attachments to show up automatically.
Is
there anyway to do this?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I also drag emails into calendar and tasks and notes. I have the same
problem everytime - the attachment doesn't follow. Good idea or not - can it
be done?
(Yes- I use the activities tab, but if I want to delete the email, the
activities tab won't help. Again, I only want to keep a small portion of the
email and the attachment on the front page of the contact form.)

Russ Valentine said:
Not a good idea.
You would never want to store messages in a Contacts Folder. You store
messages in message folders.
Why not use the Activities Tab in Contacts to create links to the email
associated with a Contact? That's what it's for. Outlook does that for you
automatically and dynamically.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
TAA said:
I am moving email into my contacts. I drag emails to the contacts icon on
the navigation pane when I don't want to keep the email in a folder, but I
want to save some of the information from the email in my contacts.
Dragging
opens a new contact and automatically fills in some of the areas. I can
then
save just the signature or other information. What I want is to have
attachment links from the email show in the body of the contact area, so I
can access them from that location. Dragging saves a lot of time for me
when
it comes to creating contacts, but not if I have to cut and past
attachments.


Russ Valentine said:
What exactly are you trying to achieve here?
I would assume you are not trying to move messages into the Contacts
Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I drag emails to contacts, the attachments are only listed in the
contact body; they are not actually attached. I can cut and paste the
attachment, but I would like the attachments to show up automatically.
Is
there anyway to do this?
Click to expand...
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No.
Outlook is trying to protect you from destroying your data.
Store things where they belong. I bet you don't store your frozen food in
your attic or park your car in your refrigerator.
Each Outlook Item has unique properties and should only be stored a folder
designed for that Item.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
TAA said:
I also drag emails into calendar and tasks and notes. I have the same
problem everytime - the attachment doesn't follow. Good idea or not - can
it
be done?
(Yes- I use the activities tab, but if I want to delete the email, the
activities tab won't help. Again, I only want to keep a small portion of
the
email and the attachment on the front page of the contact form.)

Russ Valentine said:
Not a good idea.
You would never want to store messages in a Contacts Folder. You store
messages in message folders.
Why not use the Activities Tab in Contacts to create links to the email
associated with a Contact? That's what it's for. Outlook does that for
you
automatically and dynamically.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
TAA said:
I am moving email into my contacts. I drag emails to the contacts icon
on
the navigation pane when I don't want to keep the email in a folder,
but I
want to save some of the information from the email in my contacts.
Dragging
opens a new contact and automatically fills in some of the areas. I
can
then
save just the signature or other information. What I want is to have
attachment links from the email show in the body of the contact area,
so I
can access them from that location. Dragging saves a lot of time for
me
when
it comes to creating contacts, but not if I have to cut and past
attachments.


:

What exactly are you trying to achieve here?
I would assume you are not trying to move messages into the Contacts
Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I drag emails to contacts, the attachments are only listed in
the
contact body; they are not actually attached. I can cut and paste
the
attachment, but I would like the attachments to show up
automatically.
Is
there anyway to do this?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Russ Valentine said:
I bet you don't store your frozen
food in your attic or park your car in your refrigerator.
Click to expand...

For some winters in Michigan, your garage may as well be your refrigerator!
 
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