Re: [Evolution] Copy & paste Pictures into New Mail (ala Outlook)

[Ow Mun Heng <Ow Mun Heng wdc com>]

On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 20:29, Not Zed wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 19:09 -0700, Ow Mun Heng wrote: 
> > Hi,
> >
> >     When using outlook, I can just copy a graph  from Excel and then just
> > paste it into a new message.
> >
> > Using Evolution, can this be done? Or all attachments needs to be files
> > stored/saved somewhere?
> Well, probably not, since excel doesn't run on platforms that
> evolution does.

er.. I beg to differ. Crossover Office + Office XP on mine. It has its
quirks but... Hey. I need the graphing capability of excel Sad to say
but open office just doesn't cut it in the graphing dept.

What about from OpenOffice then? Those runs natively on Linux 

> Depends on the other applications, you can drop attachments from
> some.  I think copy/paste only does text though. 

That is not a problem. Though I sometime find it weird why the preview
pane(right click) does not offer you capability to selct copy. Have to
manually press Ctrl-C


> > I also want to know if it's possible to attach a message into a
> > new/existing message.
> >
> > eg: in Outlook, you insert->Item and then you select that email message.
> Drop the message into the attachment bar.
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>
> Michael Zucchi <notzed ximian com>
>
> Ximian Evolution and Free Software
> Developer
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