Hi ronmarsh-ga:
What you want to do is fairly straightforward, but can still be tricky
for the new computer user. :-)
I'll walk you through it step by step:
1. Open up your Outlook Express program.
2. Click *once* on the email message with the animation attachment (in
the top window of the Express program), so that the body of the
message is displayed in the bottom window of the Express program.
3. In the top right corner of the *bottom* window of the Express
program there should be a little paper-clip picture (which indicates
that this email has an attachment). Click *once* on this paper-clip
picture.
4. In the dropdown menu that appears, select "Save Attachments...".
5. In the "Save Attachments" dialog box that appears, your animation
file should already be listed and highlighted. At the bottom of this
dialog, there is a "Save To" field. Click on the "Browse..." button.
6. In the "Browse for Folder" dialog box that appears, choose a
destination on your hard drive for this file. (If you don't know where
to put it, I'd suggest selecting drive "C:".) Click OK once your
selection is highlighted.
7. Back in the "Save Attachments" dialog, the "Save To" field should
be updated with your destination choice made in Step 6. Now, click on
the "Save" button.
OK. You now have a copy of that animation file on your hard drive. You
no longer need to go into your email program (or go online) to access
it. You simply need to open the directory on your computer where you
just saved it anytime you want to launch and view the animation.
I hope this has been of help.
For further information on how Outlook Express works, please try the
following search:
outlook express tutorial
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=outlook+express+tutorial
Please ask for clarifications, if necessary, before rating this
answer.
websearcher-ga |
Clarification of Answer by
websearcher-ga
on
28 Aug 2002 11:51 PDT
Hi ronmarsh-ga:
Yes, that makes things a little different - though the basic process
is the same.
Try:
1. Open up your Outlook Express program.
2. Click *once* on the email message with the animation attachment (in
the top window of the Express program), so that the body of the
message is displayed in the bottom window of the Express program.
3. In the bottom window, *right click* (that is, use the right mouse
button, not the regular left one) *once*.
4. In the menu that appears, select "Save Target As...".
5. In the "Save As" dialog box that appears, choose a
destination on your hard drive for this file. (If you don't know where
to put it, I'd suggest selecting drive "C:" by clicking the down arrow
at the very right of the "Save in" field and selecting "C:".)
6. Click on the "Save" button.
OK. You now have a copy of that animation file on your hard drive. You
no longer need to go into your email program (or go online) to access
it. You simply need to open the directory on your computer where you
just saved it anytime you want to launch and view the animation.
P.S. Make sure that you remember the filename that the animation is
saved under so you can find it later.
websearcher-ga
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