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Follow these simple steps to put an image in the body of your email
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This wikiHow will show you how to embed images in an email using services like Yahoo, Gmail, and Outlook. Using this method, you'll be inserting the picture inside the email body instead of attaching it.
Inserting a Picture Into an Email
Start by composing your email in your preferred email client. Look for an icon that looks like a picture. Click on it. Browse for the image you want and select it. Check that it inserts into your email (not as an attachment). Alternatively, save the image to your desktop and drag it into the body of the email.
Steps
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Go to https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox in a web browser. You can use any web browser to embed images in your emails.
- Sign in if prompted.
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Click Compose . You'll see this in the top left corner of the page.
- A new message window will pop-up in the lower right corner of your screen.
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Click. It's the icon that looks like a photograph next to the Google Drive icon.- If you're using the mobile app, you need to tap the icon of a paperclip then tap Attach file .
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Click to select an image. From the window that pops-up and gives you options to upload photos from your Google Photos or Albums, from your Computer, or a URL, single-click a photo to mark it with a blue checkmark. You can select multiple images to insert into your email just by clicking them; a blue checkmark in the upper left corner of the thumbnail indicates that you've selected it.
- Make sure "Inline" is highlighted in grey to insert the image in the body of the email instead of adding it as an attachment.
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Click Insert . You'll see this in the lower left corner of the pop-up window.
- You'll see the images you selected or uploaded in the previous window will appear in the body of your email. [1] X Research source
- In the mobile app, attached images are automatically set as inline photos. If you want to check this setting, tap the image, then tap Send inline from the menu that drops-down.
- The email will not send if you have more than 25mb attached. If you do, you'll need to resize the images inside the email.
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Copy your image to your clipboard. You can either find the image online, right-click it, then click Copy Image or you can right-click and click Copy from your file manager.
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Open your email client. You can use either a website, desktop, or mobile client of the email service to embed an image in an email.
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Start a new message. You can either click Compose (Gmail) or New email (Outlook) to open a blank email window.
- If the copy and paste method does not work, you will need to save the image to your computer, then go to Insert > Image/Picture in your email client. [2] X Trustworthy Source Microsoft Support Technical support and product information from Microsoft. Go to source
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Click inside the body of the email and press Ctrl/Cmd + V . The image that you saved to your clipboard will paste into the body of the email where your cursor is.
- For more information on how to insert in image in Outlook or Yahoo, see How to Add a Picture to an Outlook Email and How to Embed an Image into a Yahoo Email .
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1. Copy your image to your clipboard.
2. Open your email client.
3. Start a new message.
4. Click inside the body of the email and press Ctrl/Cmd
+ V
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