MS Outlook changed attachment style. Why?

Question

I have Outlook 2002. Yesterday the attachment paperclip icon put an attachment as a text-style link in the header on its own line. Today, I have a graphic icon within the body of the email and no mention of the attachment in the email header. I honestly did nothing to change this outside of shutting down my laptop in the evening and restarting it this morning.

The graphic icon is messy and looks unprofessional as it seems to be randomly placed anywhere in the body of my email.

I'd prefer to return to having the attachment as it was before. How? Nothing in Tools, Options. Nothing in View. Where do I change attachment options?

If I initiate the email, the attachments are in the header. The sender's email must have been plain text only and that was why the attachment was an icon in the body of my returning email?

Answer 1

If the email is "plain text" you will get the icon. If the email is HTML you will get it on the attachment line.

You can change the email type by going to the format menu.

New:
In Outlook 2003 there is a "message format" drop down right above the send to address that you can change the format for each message.

To change it for all outgoing messages you need to go to Tools-options-mail format-message format (again this is Outlook 2003 but it should be in the same general location).

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