Word Doc as Email Message Body?

The only reason I know for e-mail options being greyed out is if Word can't
identify a mail client on your machine. What e-mail client are you using?
Can you send e-mails from other Office applications?

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Enjoy,

Tony Jollans
Microsoft Word MVP

"Timothy" wrote in message
...
I followed your instuctions to the letter. However, when you go office
button send, the send mail as text is greyed out. Meaning, when you mouse
over it, it doesn't 'light up' like send as fax does below it. Oh, I use
the
2007 Microsoft mail which I understand is the new outlook.

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

This may be a problem with the e-mail client you are using but, more
likely,
I suspect it is a problem with Word. There is no special key available
and
upgrading Office won't make a difference. There is another way but it
involves some VBA code.

By default Office Button Send E-mail, sends as an attachment but
there
is an option to make it send as text. Unfortunately there appears to be
no
way to change that option via the UI. If you know VBA, the setting you
want
is Options.SendMailAttach = False.

If you don't know VBA ...

Press Alt+F11
Press Ctrl+G
Type Options.SendMailAttach = False
Press Enter
Press Alt+F4

When you have done this, selecting Office Button Send E-mail should
send
as text.

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Enjoy,

Tony Jollans
Microsoft Word MVP

"Timothy" wrote in message
...
I did as Doug suggested, and went through all the steps again with the
dell
assistant. When trying to send receive, the Word program says error,
the
windows restarts.

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

Whilst nothing would totally surprise me it seems much more likely
that
Dell
are wrong than that you can't e-mail a document.

What happens when you try to do what Doug suggests? Is the "Send to
Mail
recipient" not in the "All Commands" list? Or does it not work when
added
to
the QAT? Or what?

--
Enjoy,

Tony Jollans
Microsoft Word MVP

"Timothy" wrote in message
...

Doug, I am having the same difficulty. Through Dell support, I've
learned
that my version of office (Home and Student 2007) lacks the ability
to
send a
word document as email. I did not know this when I purchased the
machine
as a
package. What are my options? Can I upgrade to a different Office?
Or
is
there a product key that I can purchase to allow me to use that
feature? I
seriously do not wish to spend $600 on the new Office, when I've
already
paid
for this bundle.

Thanks!

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Customize the Quick Access Toolbar by adding the Send to Mail
Recipient
item. You will find it in either the Commands Not in the Ribbon or
the
All
Commands categories that you select via the Choose commands from
combobox.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of
my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"DuBois73" wrote in message
...
I realize that, but it is a stupid extra step that you didn't have
to
do
in
2003 Word. You can send the doc in 2003 Word AS the message
body
in
an
email without having to cut / paste anything.....

"Basil Brush" wrote:



"DuBois73" wrote:

How do you send a 2007 Word document as an email message body.
I
can
easily
do it in 2003 Word (File / Send to Mail Recipient), but I
can't
find
how to
do this in 2007 Word. Help!

I've not yet upgraded to 2007 but I would expect that you can
simply
copy
the Word doc into a blank email and send. BB

Hey Doug,

One of my clients is having an issue with using Word to send an email via
Netscape mail client.

Here is the issue:

The client creates a Word doc using Word 2007
He then wants to send it, so he clicks on the button to "Send as an
attachment"
The email program appears with the document listed as an attachment
He addresses the email and clicks send
This is where it gets not so pretty....

After he clicks send, an error message appears stating he doesn't have
access to the location where the temp file content.word lives. After clicking
"OK" the email disappears from the screen and there is no more mention of the
email or the file being sent.

After looking into the email client "outbox" it is confirmed the file was
not sent.

Funny thing is this, if you save the doc to any location, close the file,
locate it and then "right click" on it you can select the "Send To" option
and the mail sends as it should.

Seems to me the temp location of the file will not allow the mail client to
attach the file for sending.

Any suggestions?

Christian


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

The Home and Student Edition does not include Outlook. I think however that
if you configure Outlook Express, which is part of Windows, not Office as
your default mail program, or at least set up a mail account in Outlook
Express, then the Office menu item may be able to be used.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message
...
Whilst nothing would totally surprise me it seems much more likely that
Dell are wrong than that you can't e-mail a document.

What happens when you try to do what Doug suggests? Is the "Send to Mail
recipient" not in the "All Commands" list? Or does it not work when added
to the QAT? Or what?

--
Enjoy,

Tony Jollans
Microsoft Word MVP

"Timothy" wrote in message
...

Doug, I am having the same difficulty. Through Dell support, I've learned
that my version of office (Home and Student 2007) lacks the ability to
send a
word document as email. I did not know this when I purchased the machine
as a
package. What are my options? Can I upgrade to a different Office? Or is
there a product key that I can purchase to allow me to use that feature?
I
seriously do not wish to spend $600 on the new Office, when I've already
paid
for this bundle.

Thanks!

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Customize the Quick Access Toolbar by adding the Send to Mail Recipient
item. You will find it in either the Commands Not in the Ribbon or the
All
Commands categories that you select via the Choose commands from
combobox.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"DuBois73" wrote in message
...
I realize that, but it is a stupid extra step that you didn't have to
do in
2003 Word. You can send the doc in 2003 Word AS the message body in
an
email without having to cut / paste anything.....

"Basil Brush" wrote:



"DuBois73" wrote:

How do you send a 2007 Word document as an email message body. I
can
easily
do it in 2003 Word (File / Send to Mail Recipient), but I can't
find
how to
do this in 2007 Word. Help!

I've not yet upgraded to 2007 but I would expect that you can simply
copy
the Word doc into a blank email and send. BB

I have just gone through what you have looking for this in Home/Student
version. Here's the very easy solution (though I do not know if it will work
without Outlook): right click on the Quick Access Toolbar and customize;
click ALL COMMANDS and add SEND TO MAIL RECIPIENT.

"DuBois73" wrote:

How do you send a 2007 Word document as an email message body. I can easily
do it in 2003 Word (File / Send to Mail Recipient), but I can't find how to
do this in 2007 Word. Help!

Hey Michelle,

I have the "Send to email recipient" already, but it does not send it to
Outlook.

Thanks for the follow up though.

Christian

"Michelle" wrote:

I have just gone through what you have looking for this in Home/Student
version. Here's the very easy solution (though I do not know if it will work
without Outlook): right click on the Quick Access Toolbar and customize;
click ALL COMMANDS and add SEND TO MAIL RECIPIENT.

"DuBois73" wrote:

How do you send a 2007 Word document as an email message body. I can easily
do it in 2003 Word (File / Send to Mail Recipient), but I can't find how to
do this in 2007 Word. Help!

Dumb question - Do you have Outlook installed on your system?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Christian Valencia" wrote in
message ...
Hey Michelle,

I have the "Send to email recipient" already, but it does not send it to
Outlook.

Thanks for the follow up though.

Christian

"Michelle" wrote:

I have just gone through what you have looking for this in Home/Student
version. Here's the very easy solution (though I do not know if it will
work
without Outlook): right click on the Quick Access Toolbar and customize;
click ALL COMMANDS and add SEND TO MAIL RECIPIENT.

"DuBois73" wrote:

How do you send a 2007 Word document as an email message body. I can
easily
do it in 2003 Word (File / Send to Mail Recipient), but I can't find
how to
do this in 2007 Word. Help!

I have office 2007 and word 2007. I go to yahoo mail, then click compose.
then click attach files,browse and click on your document stored in word.
then fill in the e-mail address and send. Try this!

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Dumb question - Do you have Outlook installed on your system?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Christian Valencia" wrote in
message ...
Hey Michelle,

I have the "Send to email recipient" already, but it does not send it to
Outlook.

Thanks for the follow up though.

Christian

"Michelle" wrote:

I have just gone through what you have looking for this in Home/Student
version. Here's the very easy solution (though I do not know if it will
work
without Outlook): right click on the Quick Access Toolbar and customize;
click ALL COMMANDS and add SEND TO MAIL RECIPIENT.

"DuBois73" wrote:

How do you send a 2007 Word document as an email message body. I can
easily
do it in 2003 Word (File / Send to Mail Recipient), but I can't find
how to
do this in 2007 Word. Help!

Yes Michelle's solution seems to work fine. The add "Email" command
suggested earlier by someone doesn't appear on my list of all commands in
Word 2007.
--
A beginner in MS World


"Michelle" wrote:

I have just gone through what you have looking for this in Home/Student
version. Here's the very easy solution (though I do not know if it will work
without Outlook): right click on the Quick Access Toolbar and customize;
click ALL COMMANDS and add SEND TO MAIL RECIPIENT.

"DuBois73" wrote:

How do you send a 2007 Word document as an email message body. I can easily
do it in 2003 Word (File / Send to Mail Recipient), but I can't find how to
do this in 2007 Word. Help!

I am going through this now. I bought the Office and Home Student edition and
the email command doesn't work if you add it to the quick access toolbar or
using the office button. The email logo appears but it isn't highlighted and
clicking it does nothing. If they don't have a fix for this then it will be
the first Microsoft software I will retrurn.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Customize the Quick Access Toolbar by adding the Send to Mail Recipient
item. You will find it in either the Commands Not in the Ribbon or the All
Commands categories that you select via the Choose commands from combobox.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"DuBois73" wrote in message
...
I realize that, but it is a stupid extra step that you didn't have to do in
2003 Word. You can send the doc in 2003 Word AS the message body in an
email without having to cut / paste anything.....

"Basil Brush" wrote:



"DuBois73" wrote:

How do you send a 2007 Word document as an email message body. I can
easily
do it in 2003 Word (File / Send to Mail Recipient), but I can't find
how to
do this in 2007 Word. Help!

I've not yet upgraded to 2007 but I would expect that you can simply
copy
the Word doc into a blank email and send. BB

The "E-mail" command is missing or is unavailable in Excel 2007, in
PowerPoint 2007, or in Word 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918792

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Philip wrote:
I am going through this now. I bought the Office and Home Student
edition and the email command doesn't work if you add it to the quick
access toolbar or using the office button. The email logo appears but
it isn't highlighted and clicking it does nothing. If they don't have
a fix for this then it will be the first Microsoft software I will
retrurn.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Customize the Quick Access Toolbar by adding the Send to Mail
Recipient item. You will find it in either the Commands Not in the
Ribbon or the All Commands categories that you select via the Choose
commands from combobox.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"DuBois73" wrote in message
...
I realize that, but it is a stupid extra step that you didn't have
to do in 2003 Word. You can send the doc in 2003 Word AS the
message body in an email without having to cut / paste anything.....

"Basil Brush" wrote:



"DuBois73" wrote:

How do you send a 2007 Word document as an email message body.
I can easily
do it in 2003 Word (File / Send to Mail Recipient), but I can't
find how to
do this in 2007 Word. Help!

I've not yet upgraded to 2007 but I would expect that you can
simply copy
the Word doc into a blank email and send. BB