How to Add Wallpaper to Email

It can be difficult to express emotions and nuanced language through email. Your use of sarcasm, double entendres and other vocal tools to get your point across may depend entirely on the mood of the reader. You can add wallpaper to your personal or work email to get your point across and add something new to your daily messages.

Things You'll Need

• Photo editing software (optional)

Instructions

1. Format your email message to deal with hypertext markup language (HTML) instead of plain text. Your wallpaper will not be seen by a recipient if you leave the email in plain text. You can switch to HTML by clicking on the "Format" option in your email message and touching the HTML icon.

2. Search for the right wallpaper for your email before you send off a message to a friend or colleague. Move your cursor over the "Format" option in your message and click to locate the "Background" icon.

3. Simplify your choice of wallpaper by selecting a single color instead of an image as a background. You can click on "Color" from the "Background" menu to choose from a dozen colors ranging from deep blue to bright yellow.

4. Select generic wallpaper offered through Windows to simplify your decision, while still allowing you to express your current feelings. Place your cursor on the "Browse" scrolling menu to look through pre-installed offerings to add to email.

5. Bring up the image that you want to use as your email wallpaper by double clicking on the thumbnail sketch. You should open the desired image in your image editing software before committing it to email to determine picture clarity and resolution.

6. Complete the process of adding wallpaper to your email by pressing "OK" after you have selected an image. You should test out wallpaper by sending a first copy of the email to your own account by entering your email address. You should also carbon copy (CC) yourself on emails with backgrounds for quality control purposes.

7. Browse your roster of available images and wallpapers to find an appropriate background. Click on "Picture" from the "Background" menu and tap "Browse" to look through all of your pictures. You can also type in a file name or keyword to locate a specific image to narrow your search.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep your recipient's location in mind before you add wallpaper to email. Your wallpaper may be appropriate for any environment, but there are many businesses that place restrictions on the type of email received to avoid viruses. You should look at the email address to determine if the recipient is reading the email at work or from home.