Attachments are Zipped Automatically in Outlook 2011

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Last reviewed on March 14, 2012

A visitor to our OutlookForums had this question about Outlook 2011 for Mac:

When I attach files to email, it is automatically compressed (zip’ed). Is there any way I can turn this off? …and where? …I have looked everywhere and I can’t find it.

This is the result of importing from Entourage 2008.

When you import your Entourage settings, some preferences and settings are transferred and zip compression is one of these settings. Unfortunately, at this time there is no way to change the settings in Outlook.

The solution: You need to save your data and create a new identity then import the data.

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Diane Poremsky
A Microsoft Outlook Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 1999 and involved in IT support since 1985, Diane is the author of several books and video training CDs and online training classes for Microsoft Outlook. You can find her helping people online in Outlook Forums as well as in the Microsoft Answers and TechNet forums.