How to Use OneDrive to send attachments

Owned by Rasodin Ramuddin Hamzah, created
Last updated: Aug 23, 2023 by TP062945
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If you frequently use Office Online to create and share documents with your colleagues/classmates, OneDrive is a good way to send email attachments because it already stores your online documents. This is not only solve email blocking/filtering issue, but also a great way to reduce mail traffic and ultimately reduce your mailbox size and the one of the receiver.

Instructions

Make sure you already opened Microsoft Outlook 365. Open a new email by clicking New.

Step 1: Click Attach.

Step 2: Choose a file to attach from either your OneDrive or your computer. ​If you choose to attach a file from OneDrive, see Step 4. If you choose to attach a file from your computer, see 

There are two ways to attach files:

 



The document shows as attached; the default setting allows the recipient of your email to edit the document.

  • If you wish to change the permissions, you can click the arrow next to the attached document. You can also attach the document as a copy, view the document, open the document in a new tab, copy the link for the attachment, or view the document in OneDrive.  

  • Please respect copyright and be careful what you share online. Copying or sharing unauthorized materials violates the APU 's ICT Policy.

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