I just discovered a new Lab for Gmail that lets you insert images into your messages instead of attaching them to the message. When you attach an image to a message it will appear at the bottom of the message but when you use the image lab you insert the image anywhere into the body of the message.
If you are someone who likes to spruce up your email with images or you write a company newsletter that is delivered through email this is a good Lab for you.
To Enable the Lab:
1) Click Settings at top right
2) Choose the Labs tab (If you don’t see the Labs tab your Administrator has disabled the Labs feature)
3) Scroll down and find the Inserting Images Lab (a.k.a. “experiment”) and select the radio button by Enable.
4. Click Save at the top or bottom of the page to save your changes.
Using the Lab
1) When you have enabled the lab (“experiment”) you will see an image icon appear in your formatting toolbar.
2) Click on this icon to insert in image into your message. The image will appear wherever you have your mouse cursor but you can always change the location later.
3) You can upload an image from your computer or link to an image on the web via it’s URL.
4) Once you have inserted the image you can change the size by selecting Small, Medium, Large or Oringal size.
Now your recipients will see your image in the body of the email, no scrolling to the bottom or downloading attachments!
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or by selecting “Labs” from the “Settings” screen. When labs have been tested and given the stamp of approval they become official Gmail features.
