I have received an email that requires editing for spelling errors, etc. Is there any way I can move it to Word/OneNote?
Patrick Burke
The usual way to transfer any kind of text is to copy and paste it into a word processor such as Microsoft Word (Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V). You can choose to use Paste Special if you want unformatted text or a particular kind of formatting.
But I often select the email in my mail software, hold down the right mouse button, drag it to the desktop and select Copy from the drop-down menu. This creates an .eml file containing just that message, and its headers. If you press F2 and change the file extension to .txt then you can edit it in Notepad or another plain text editor. If you drop it into Microsoft Word, that displays the "rich text" version of the email, if there is one.
The drag-and-drop approach is also a handy way to copy a small number of important emails to a backup folder (for example, in Windows Explorer). However, it doesn't work with web-based email systems.
