Mail PDF attachments hide typing in emails

Has anyone come across a bug in mail whereby when you type out an email and add an attachment the attachment just plonks itself on the page and covers over the words of the email you have typed. It also appears like this in the sent items. Quitting mail and restarting does not correct the issue however the email appears fine in the sent box on other divices.... Just another one to add to the shoddy collection of mavericks bugs I guess!
P.s
Is it not about time the board of apple sacked that new bloke and got someone who understands something that made apple - quality over quantity!!

I have the same problems ever since I started Mac'ing 2 years ago. My guess is that Mac Mail is not able to interpret old versions of pdf even though Preview is. Simple solution is to install:
http://lokiware.info/Mail-Attachments-Iconizer
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