How to Insert an Image in a Yahoo Email

If you want to insert an image in a Yahoo email, you can't just copy it from your hard drive and paste it into the body of the message. You can send it as an attachment, but it won't have the same impact as it will if it's included in the message itself. In order to get it to display within the message text, you have to copy and paste the image from a web server. If you don't already have the image on a web server, you can use a free image hosting site. Once you know how to do it, it's a snap to add an image to a Yahoo email.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. The first thing to do before you can add an image to a Yahoo email is to upload the image to a web server if it does not already exist on one. Do a Google search for "free image hosting" and choose one that meets your needs.

2. Make sure to use rich text formatting in Yahoo mail. Otherwise you won't be able to get it to display properly. Most likely your account is set to use rich text automatically. When you click on the "Compose" button to start a new message, there is underlined text below the subject box and next to the "Attach files" button. This just toggles the setting between rich text and plain text. If it says "Plain Text," then it is already set to rich text and clicking on "Plain Text" will toggle it to plain text. If it says "Rich Text," then click on it to set it to use rich text.

3. Go to the web page containing the image. Highlight the image with your cursor so that the image is shaded. Copy and paste it directly into the body of the email where you want the image to be seen. It will display the image itself in the email you are sending. If it displays only the URL, it didn't work and you should try it again. Make sure to highlight only the image itself and copy and paste it with your keyboard commands.

Tips & Warnings

• If this technique doesn't work, you can copy the URL where the image resides and paste that into the article.
• Yahoo mail also allows previewing of attached images without downloading them.

[laceheart]

on 5/30/2009 Never mind, I got it---Picasa doesn't work, use Photobucket.

[laceheart]

on 5/30/2009 How can I embed more than one photo in the e-mail? Each time I try to add an additional photo, it overlaps the first picture...thanks.

[bossypants]

on 3/1/2009 I always wondered how people got images in their email messages! I also didn't know about free image hosting sites. What an informative article! Thank you!

[ethoslogos]

on 1/20/2009 I didn't know about this technique that permits us to insert an image in a Yahoo email. I also didn't know about free image hosting sites! Thanks for these tips and your clear instructions. 5*