If you use Outlook for your e-mail and compose your messages in Word, you can reduce the file size of the e-mail you send by using filtered Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Filtering HTML in your outgoing e-mail removes unnecessary HTML without changing the text or basic formatting of your message.

Filter HTML for e-mail messages

1. In Word, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General tab.
2. Click E-mail Options, and then click the General tab.
3. Select Filter HTML before sending.

This will make filtered HTML the standard file format for all the e-mail messages you send when you use Word to write your messages.

To learn more about filtered HTML, see Help in Word.