iPhone/ iPod touch/ iPad allow you to view picture and document attachments and can play many audio attachments using applications native to the device.
• You can forward a message with attachments.
• You can save a picture attachment you have received to the device’s Camera Roll album.
• You can create a message with a picture attachment from the device’s Photos application. See Sending Email.
• You can create a message with a contact file (.vcf) attachment from the device’s Contacts application. See Sending Email.
• You cannot save a document file on the device.
• You cannot attach a document file to an email you are composing.
Open an attached file
Tap the attachment. It downloads and opens using native viewing applications.
Save an attached photo or video to the Camera Roll album
To save a photo, tap the photo, then tap Save Image. If the attachment has not yet been downloaded, tap the download notice first.
To save a video, tap and hold the attachment, then tap Save Video. If the attachment has not yet been downloaded, tap the download notice first.
Supported attachment formats for viewing
If a file type is not supported by iPhone/ iPod touch/ iPad, you will see the filename, but you won’t be able to open it.
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Document formats | |
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.doc |
Microsoft Word |
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.docx |
Microsoft Word (XML) |
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.htm |
webpage |
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.html |
webpage |
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.key |
Keynote |
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.numbers |
Numbers |
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.pages |
Pages |
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Preview, Adobe Acrobat |
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.ppt |
Microsoft PowerPoint |
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.pptx |
Microsoft PowerPoint (XML) |
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.rtf |
Rich Text Format |
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.txt |
text |
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.vcf |
contact information |
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.xls |
Microsoft Excel |
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.xlsx |
Microsoft Excel (XML) |
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Image formats | |
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.jpeg |
JPEG/JIFF Image |
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.gif |
Graphic Interchange Format |
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.tiff |
BigTIFF Image (not supported in iOS 4) |
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.png |
Portable (Public) Network Graphic |
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.bmp |
Bitmap graphics |
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Audio formats | |
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.mp3 |
MP3 Audio File |
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.aac |
MPEG-2 Advanced Audio Coding File |
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.wav |
Waveform Audio |
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.aiff |
Audio Interchange File |