How do you attach an image, not embed it?

When sending emails with attachments to Windows users, they are unable to open the attachments. Apple Mail does not attach the images, it embeds them.
The only solutions I've found are:
1) Send the images in an attached zip file. This involves extra steps for both me and the recipients.
2) send email as plain text, and select "Send Windows Friendly attachment." The problem with this is that I lose all my rich-text formatting.
Both of these solutions are kuges and trade-offs. Is there some way to set Apple Mail to attach images in rich text as the default, rather than embed them?

Yes Profet Daniel, that's the work around I use too. For years and years I can not figure out what those "extra" attachments are that get sent to Windows users.
If I send one (1) PDF file named "file.pdf" but there ends up being two (2) files sent, both named "file.pdf" however, one is significantly smaller in size, and OF COURSE that is the one the Windows user clicks on and can't open.
My other work around, I swear, is to tell them "click on the other one" when they speed-shoot me that email telling me they can't open my MAC file. I then proceed to tell them that EVERYONE has the capability of opening a basic PDF file. Acrobat Reader is free in all new computers. If you don't have it, you should get it.
I still wish I knew what that extra file was and how to stop it from showing up.

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