{"id":18359,"date":"2025-10-22T08:29:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=18359"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:24:08","slug":"emailing-a-dols-referral-detailed-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=18359","title":{"rendered":"Emailing a DoLS Referral – Detailed Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emailing a DoLS Referral<\/h1>\r\n
How-To attach a DoLS referral to an email<\/div>\r\n

This guide shows the process to ensure a DoLS referral is correctly attached to an email so it can be viewed by the MCA\/DoLS team.<\/p>\r\n

 <\/p>\r\n

<\/i> The instructions differ depending on the version of Outlook you are using.\u00a0 If the document you attached is a text link it will need to be converted to a file attachment<\/div>\r\n
Instructions – Outlook 2016<\/div>\r\n

Text Link on Outlook 2016 – Will not Work<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/p>\r\n

Correct Process<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

    \r\n
  1. Click on Attach File<\/li>\r\n
  2. Select the document from either the \u201cRecent Items\u201d or \u201cBrowse Web Locations\u201d<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    \"\"<\/p>\r\n

      \r\n
    1. Select \u201cAttach as copy\u201d<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      \"\"<\/p>\r\n

      The document is attached correctly<\/p>\r\n

      \"\"<\/p>\r\n

      \r\n

       <\/p>\r\n

      Instructions – Outlook 365<\/div>\r\n

      Text Link on Outlook 365 – Will not Work<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

      \"\"<\/p>\r\n

      Correct Process<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

        \r\n
      1. Click on the link<\/li>\r\n
      2. Select \u201cAttach as a copy\u201d<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

        \"\"<\/p>\r\n

        The document link converts to an attachment<\/p>\r\n

        \"\"<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n

         <\/p>\r\n\r\n

        \u00a0<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
        \r\n
        Outlook Top tips homepage<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

         <\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Correctly attaching a DoLS referral to an email<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17206,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"eRecord.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[403],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18359","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outlook"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18359"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19780,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18359\/revisions\/19780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}