Attaching Omni Outline to email

[Nathan L.Walls]

On Mar 1, 2005, at 3:24 PM, Deborah Tinsley wrote:

[snip]

> I'm using an eMac with system 10.3.8.
> I have Omni Outliner 3.1. (I'm new to this program).
> My mail program is Entourage.
>
> I wrote the email, hit the attachment button, and the OO doc is grayed 
> out
> on the list of files.
>  I have saved and closed the OO doc, but it is still grayed out.
> I have tried dragging into my email, but I get the message that it 
> won't
> copy folders even though what I am trying to copy is an OO doc.

[snip]

Deborah;

By chance have you dragged images, audio files or other possible 
attachments to the outline? If so, the file actually becomes a 
container by the same name. The Finder treats it as a file (that is, it 
can be double-clicked to launch), but to other applications, it may 
appear as a folder.

Here's how you can check: Cntl-Click on the outline in question in the 
Finder. If there is a Finder option to "Show Package Contents," you 
have a package, not a single file. To get around Entourage on this, try 
creating a zip archive from the same menu "Create archive of Foo.oo3"

Cheers,

Nathan