Tuesday's Tip #57: Create a Drawing in your Email Message

Drawing in an Email Message

Sometimes you just need to sketch something out.  We've all heard a picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes a lot of words can be eliminated in an email by just creating a simple drawing. Whether it's a diagram or something else - it's easy.  You can only create a drawing in an HTML formatted email.

In Outlook, you can create a drawing in your email by using the following steps.

1. Open a new message and click on the Drawing tab.
   
2. Click in the body of the message (the commands will be greyed out if you're not in the content area of the email).
3. On the Drawing ribbon, click the Drawing Canvas button.
   
4. Then you will be able to create your drawing within the canvas by either drawing  with your mouse or with your finger if you have a touch-screen.
   
5. You can use the drawing canvas handles to resize the image.