Hi all,

How can i save embedded pictures in Outlook 2007 when it only gives the option Copy.

I hope someone can advise.

Thank you

misschillout

Have you found a resolution for this yet? I am having the same problem. I can copy the image, but then I can't paste the image anywhere. The only thing I have been able to do is take a screen capture.

Probably not the correct way, but if you drag the pic to your desktop and drop it there it will ask you to save it before you add it to your active desktop. select yes, save it then it will ask you if you would like to add it now, select no and your set. Im sure there is a better way, but this works fine.

Guys found a very helpful article on this...

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/s...edpictures.htm

This is the best solution I have discovered to date. Thanks for the information. Great help!

Dragging and dropping to the desktop is the easiest method, I was prompted to choose a destination and was able to save it wherever I wanted and give it a name. A message popped up saying "This Active Desktop item already exists. You need to delete the existing item..." etc, but ignore that and you will see that it saved just fine wherever you told it to.

I also tried to create a macro using the Outlook instructions but it did not work for me (http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/s...edpictures.htm) and without thorough knowledge of how to create macros in Outlook there was no way I could troubleshoot the problem.

OK. I found a way to get a jpeg image of your embedded image without doing a screen capture.

1. Right click on the embedded picture and click on copy.
2. Right click on your DESKTOP (in a blank area of your desktop of course!) and click Paste.
3. The "Active Desktop" dialog box will come up telling you that you need to save the picture in order to do this. So you just click Yes to continue.
4. Windows now (and FINALLY) brings up the missing Save As dialog box we've all been looking for! So save the .jpg picture wherever you want.
5. It will now ask you if you want to add the "Active Desktop item to your desktop." Just click "No" to this as you most likely don't need a copy there since you already saved the picture where you want it.

Hope this helps!

Dave

P.S. Just noticed someone already posted a version of this soln. Sorry!