My wife sent me an attachment in a letter and asked me to print it, I can get it up by using the "quick look" but no other way and then there is no way to print it. This seems so simple but has me in a real dither trying to figure it out. If I just hit print on the file it prints the email info only,not the attachment. Help!
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How to print an attachment, must be a way...
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When viewing the email, you should be able to double click the attachment to open it in its native application and print the attachment separately from the email.
If that doesn't work, use the Save button at the top right of the email and save the attachment somewhere, then open it from the saved location and print in the application you're using to view the file.
You could always hit command-shift 4 while viewing it and capture it and then export the file as PDF but you might have to break it up into sections.
Method 1
Drag it to the desktop. Double click it.
Method 2
"Right-click" it in the email. Choose "Open With" and select an appropriate app.
Also, you were asked what format the file is, and you haven't answered. I'm going to ask an even deeper question. Do you have an app that can open whatever format the file is? For example, if the file is a .DOC file, do you have Word, or Pages, or another word processor? Or, if the file is a .XLS file, do you have Excel or Numbers, or another spreadsheet app?
Quicklook can show you the contents of a file, such as a .XLS, even if you don't have an app for it. So, if you don't have an appropriate app, you'll have to fall back on taking a screenshot of your Quicklook view and then printing the screenshot.
Drag it to the desktop. Double click it.
Method 2
"Right-click" it in the email. Choose "Open With" and select an appropriate app.
Also, you were asked what format the file is, and you haven't answered. I'm going to ask an even deeper question. Do you have an app that can open whatever format the file is? For example, if the file is a .DOC file, do you have Word, or Pages, or another word processor? Or, if the file is a .XLS file, do you have Excel or Numbers, or another spreadsheet app?
Quicklook can show you the contents of a file, such as a .XLS, even if you don't have an app for it. So, if you don't have an appropriate app, you'll have to fall back on taking a screenshot of your Quicklook view and then printing the screenshot.