Hi Nivard, Brilliant, why didn't I think of that. I am using Windows Live mail. Many thanks, Christine -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 10:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Saving attachments Hi Christine It may depend upon what email software you are using Are you downloading your mail or is it web based In the meantime, and as you are using Win 7, why not open the picture, when in view, select snipping tool and capture the picture that way, save it as a jpeg where you desire Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi All, > > I received an email with an attachment which I want to save as a jpg file. > If I right click the picture I get options of "save as" or "save all". > (There is only one attachment.) If I choose "save as" it says it is going > to > save it as an attachment. There is a pick list but only the attachment > option on it. Would it still be attached to the email, which I will be > deleting? If I pick "save all" it gives the file name with a jpg extension > but heads the window "Attachments to be saved". I would have thought "save > all" would be the same as "save as" when there is only one attachment, but > the window might be differently presented. > > Would someone explain whether I need to use "save all", is it going to be > different to "save as" and how I get my jpg file that I want. > > I am using Windows7. > > Any explanation gratefully received. > > Christine :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. Remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message