Easily add a photo or funny animation to an email in Microsoft Outlook. The photo or animation is immediately visible in the mail and does not need to be opened.
Put image in mail
Add an image like this:
- click on new e-mail.
- In the Ribbon, click on the tab Insert.
- Then click in the text box so that all options in the Ribbon become active.
- In the ‘Illustrations’ box, click Pictures (or on Image).
- Browse to the appropriate folder and select the image or animation you want to insert.
- click on Insert.
The image is included in the email.
Edit image in mail
Now that the image has been inserted into your mail, you can also edit it. When you click on the photo, the ‘Image format’ or ‘Format’ tab will automatically open in the Ribbon. Here you have several options.
To adjust
First of all, you will see the ‘Customize’ box. With it you can do the following things:
- With ‘Remove Background’ you can mark parts of your photo to be kept or removed (this option is not available in Microsoft Office 2007).
- With ‘Corrections’ you can soften or sharpen the image. In addition, this option allows you to adjust the brightness and contrast of the image.
- With ‘Color’ you can adjust the color by making it warmer or colder (hue), saturating it less (color saturation) or adjusting it completely (other colors).
- With ‘Artistic Effects’ you can give the photo an effect. For example, you can choose Chalk Sketch, Watercolor Sponge or Cut Art.
- Compress images allows you to make the image smaller.
- With ‘Change picture’ you can select a different picture. If you choose a different image, any edits will be lost.
- ‘Image Defaults’ returns you to the original image.
Styles
In the ‘Picture Styles’ box you can give the picture a certain style. For example, you can choose a frame around the photo or a shadow behind the image. By clicking the drop-down menu icon or 
clicking opens a drop-down menu with more graphic styles. In addition, in this course you can choose:
- Image Border: Allows you to border the image and determine its color, thickness, and type of border.
- ‘Image effects’: here you can give the image certain effects. For example, you can have the image reflected or give it a 3D effect.
- ‘Image format’: here you can finally give the image a certain format. You then arrange the image relative to the text that you want to type with the image.