Ray, I've noticed the same thing and don't know the reasons for this to be the case, but I've had some success selecting the attachment with the shift RIGHT ARROW key rather than just arrowing to it. Try that and see if that helps.
Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Mon, 11 May 2015 16:13:16 -0500, Ray Campbell via Talk wrote: >Hi All: > >Does anyone know why there's such a problem handling Microsoft Excel >attachments in Outlook 2013? Here's what I mean. If I get an email with a >Microsoft Word attachment, I can shift-tab to the list of attachments, right >arrow to the attachment I want, then press shift-F10, then tab to either >open, save or save as and save the attachment with no problem. When I get >an Excel attachment, that doesn't work. When I do a shift-tab to the list >of attachments, right arrow to the excel attachment I want, then press >shift-F10, all I hear is 'copy c button'. The only way I can save an excel >attachment is: >1. Press control-F like I'm going to forward the message to someone >else. >2. Tab over past the subject field to the attachment, then, press >shift-F10 and then I get the options to either open or save the attachment. > >There shouldn't be such a difference in how excel vs. word attachments are >handled. Does anyone have a solution to this issue? Is there a setting in >Outlook I need to change? I looked through the outlook options and didn't >find anything obvious. > >Thanks in advance for any help. > > >Ray Campbell >ray153...@gmail.com >Skype: ray650315 >Blog: farmers-boy.livejournal.com >Twitter: @packerbackerray >Facebook: www.facebook.com/packerbackerray > > >_______________________________________________ >Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >For membership options, visit >http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/steve.jacobson% 40visi.com. >For subscription options, visit >http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >List archives can be found at >http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
