This should work:Open the attachments 'til you get to the actual
document. Copy and paste the text into a new document-this could be an
email document or something you create with a word processor.
In most case you should be able to right-click the image and select copy
or "Save as" and paste it into your new document or a location on your
hard drive.


Laurel Schmalz wrote:
> Thanks for the attempt at help. This didn't work. Saving it to folder
> does not allow it to be edited and it is saved as a txt msg so a picture
> is encrypted. Any other suggestions. I use Juno, Windows XP.
> Laurel Schmalz
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> Date:    Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:59:44 -0600
> From:    Laurel Schmalz <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: How do I edit attachments?
>
> Laurel Schmalz
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> How do I eliminate the attachments that come with an email when there are
> multiple attachments to open to get to the main attachment? The
> intermediate attachments cannot be deleted. If I try to save the file to
> edit it, the file is saved as a text file so pictures are encrypted and
> cannot be properly viewed. Thanks for your always enlightening help.
>
> Laurel Schmalz
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> Date:    Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:22:37 -0600
> From:    Sven <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: How do I edit attachments?
>
> Hi Laurel,
>
> Multiple e-mail attachments are a pain. Unfortunately, rather than
> forward
> an original they received as an attachment, most people forward the one
> they
> got with all the attachments... adding yet another attachment as they
> forward it. You didn't mention your e-mail client so this is how I handle
> those with Outlook Express (OE), other e-mail programs should be similar.
>
> Open the first attachment, and each succeeding attachment, until you
> reach
> the original. Next, with the original still open, go to File on it's menu
> and click "Move To Folder...". A "Move" window will appear with your OE
> folders shown. Select a folder to move it to (I usually select the same
> folder) and click "OK". Close the other open forwards.
>
> Unless you want to reply to a specific forward because of something they
> added along the way, you can delete all the others and you have the
> original
> all by itself to do with as you please. Any attachments to the original
> can
> be saved as you normally save them.
>
> If you are only interested in the attachments, they can be saved when you
> open the e-mail that has them (original) with a right click option on the
> attachment. You can also "save as", reply to, or forward, any of the
> opened
> messages. This would eliminate the "move" step unless you want it in a
> folder for whatever reason.
>
> Sven Swanson, Sr.
>
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