My neice send me copies of family pictures in an email. The problem is she did not enclose them as a file and must have copied and pasted them directly onto the email. My problem is when I try to copy and paste only the picture I can't. It will only copy the complete email and I tried saving as an jpg file but when I try to open the file it can't be read. Some of the pictures are in the centre of the email and I can't move them on a word doc. Anyone got an answer?

Not wishing to teach granny to suck eggs, but have you actually tried tracking the outline across the top of the picture with your mouse, Lona?  You should be able to separate the pic from the text without too much trouble.  Otherwise, perhaps copy the whole thing into something like Paint Shop Pro (or even just Paint), and try to separate it.

I'll have another think and come back to you after tea.  

I've tried everything I can think of Sandra but it won't let me just copy and paste the picture.
I will send you a copy of the email right away.

Did you right click on the image and choose "save picture as"? then Save it to your local drive someplace. Then import it into any image program or such that you prefer. I like Photoshop 6 (Dont like 7 too much) and for printing images I would recommend ACDsee.

Been doing tech support for years. The simplest answer is usually the one thats right.