You usually open an attachment in its native application by saving the attachment to disk, as described previously, and then starting the application and opening the file as usual. You can, however, open an attachment directly from Outlook by following these steps:

1. Open the message or display it in the Reading Pane.
2. Right-click the attachment name.
3. Select Open from the context menu.

Depending on the file type, Outlook may display a warning dialog box asking whether you want to open or save the file. Click Open, and the attachment is opened in its native application.

The reason for the cautionary dialog box in Step 3 is security. Some kinds of files, such as Word documents and Excel workbooks, have the potential to contain malicious macro code that can harm your system.

This code is harmless unless the file is opened, so you may want to save it to disk first and run a virus scan before opening it. If you do open an attachment this way, you can work with it in the application as you normally would, including saving to disk.

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