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As an Outlook user, have you ever received a message that had multiple attachments? If you have, you probably saved one mail attachment at a time, which works well enough when getting these kinds of messages is infrequent. But maybe you actually get lots of messages with multiple attachments, or occasional messages with lots of attachments, you might be interested to know that there’s a way to download and save multiple attachments at the same time. It’s actually easy to do, but the process differs slightly depending on whether you are using Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007. What follows are step-by-step instructions for each version of Outlook. To minimize the chance for confusion, there are separate instruction sets for each version of Outlook.

Saving More than One Mail Attachment at Once in Outlook 2003

These are the steps to follow when you want to save more than one mail attachment simultaneously when you’re using Outlook 2003.

1. Open the message that contains the attachments.
2. Click File, then Save Attachments.
3. The Save All Attachments dialog box appears. In the Attachments list, one or more attachments that you want to save, then click OK.
4. A standard file save dialog box appears. Navigate to the folder that you want to save the attachments in and click OK to save them.

How to Save More than One Mail Attachment at a Time in Outlook 2007

Follow these steps to save multiple mail attachment files at a time when you’re using Outlook 2007.

1. Open the message that contains the attachments.
2. Click Other Actions in the Actions panel of the Ribbon. Then click Save Attachments.
3. When the Save All Attachments dialog box appears, find the Attachments list, one or more attachments that you want to save, then click OK.
4. A standard file save dialog box appears. Navigate to the folder where you want to save the attachments and click OK to save them.

    

That’s it. The attachments are now stored in the folder you selected. I hope that you will find these procedures to be useful in your daily interactions with Outlook. And in case you were wondering, there are many more cool and useful tips where these came from.

The Living With Outlook website has an illustrated version of these multiple mail attachment procedures, along with literally hundreds more tips and tricks for making dealing with Outlook more enjoyable. You’re invited to come and visit the site. Here’s a link to a good starting page for someone dealing with lots of email: http://www.living-with-outlook.com/outlook-mail-tips.html