Compose your e-mail first, once done click on Insert on your top bar. Then
click on Picture on the opening menu and click on From file.
A window will open for you to browse and select the file. Once you click on
the file you want, the photo will open in your e-mail message. You can
insert one or multiple pictures
You have to be careful when you use this method, there is no automatic
option to "make this file smaller for e-mail" as when you attach it as a
file. So if you have a large size file (typically 1 MB from a 3 MP camera)
it may be too large for your (or recipient) internet provider to handle and
obviously will take quite a bit of time if you are connected via phone line.
The way around this problem is to create a new reduced file size and insert
this file instead of the original.
A. To decrease the size of the file for e-mail, web publishing etc.
Go to this site and download the free Image Resizer. Exe file in one of your
folder.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
Once in your folder, double click on it to install it.
Once installed, you right click on a photo file (or on a group of selected
photo files).
Click on Resize image on the opening menu.
A window will open, select the size you want.
New files will be added in your folder, same name as original file but with
the word (small) added.
The first time you use it, you may not see Resize image on the opening menu
after you right click on the file or if you see it, it may not work. If so,
do the following:
Click on Run, click on Start and type the following in the textbox:
REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL
and press the Enter key.
Note that there is a space between ...32 and SHI.
Also, you can download a free batch converter from here to resize pictures
and edit photos:
http://irfanview.com/