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Email from within Word 2007
When I try to send a document as an email attachment from within Word 2007,
the option is grayed out. How do I get this to work? (I use Outlook Express). Also, with a previous version of word, it was possible to create emails directly (i.e. not as an attachment). If this is possible in Word '07, how do I do it? -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. |
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Also noticed that Excel has the same problem. PowerPoint, however, attaches
slides to email in via express without a problem. After running a search on this forum, one user found the answer by making alterations to the registry but unfortunately didn't state what the change was. -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. |
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I don't know why your option should be greyed out but ...
I don't know how to do this via the UI but if you can use VBA, setting Options.SendMailAttach to True or False will change the Send menu option accorrdingly (though not the descriptive text) -- Enjoy, Tony Jollans Microsoft Word MVP "Jornie" wrote in message ... When I try to send a document as an email attachment from within Word 2007, the option is grayed out. How do I get this to work? (I use Outlook Express). Also, with a previous version of word, it was possible to create emails directly (i.e. not as an attachment). If this is possible in Word '07, how do I do it? -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. |
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Thanks Tony for the advice, but how would I go about it. I don't know any
VBA or how to make it work with word. Is this something that can be done from within Word? With some digging into word I managed to customise the toolbar with various email related buttons. Most of them were grayed out too, or could only be used with Outlook. Except one, "Send to mail recipient", which was like the email function in Word '03. Unfortunately, Word crashes when you click send. At least with XP & Outlook express. I wonder if it crashes with Vista & Windows Mail... Also, unlike Word '03, you can no longer use stationary or signatures unless you have Outlook installed. That's a shame because I used that feature a lot. -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't know why your option should be greyed out but ... I don't know how to do this via the UI but if you can use VBA, setting Options.SendMailAttach to True or False will change the Send menu option accorrdingly (though not the descriptive text) -- Enjoy, Tony Jollans Microsoft Word MVP "Jornie" wrote in message ... When I try to send a document as an email attachment from within Word 2007, the option is grayed out. How do I get this to work? (I use Outlook Express). Also, with a previous version of word, it was possible to create emails directly (i.e. not as an attachment). If this is possible in Word '07, how do I do it? -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. |
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I'm sorry to say I do not know as much about e-mail and Word as I would like
to. The option to send as text or attachment seems to act as though it is a hangover from older versions although I can see no reason why the facility should have been removed. As no-one is coming forward with a contrary view I have to assume I am correct in saying that there is no UI mechanism for controlling it so the VBA solution is the only one. This is not really satisfactory - and, depending on your security settings may not even work - but ... Press Alt+F11 to open the VBE Press Ctrl+G to open the Immediate Window Type Options.SendMailAttach = False Press Enter Press Alt+F4 to close the VBE You should now have the Send Option (on the Ofice Menu) set to send as text - and it appears to work, opening up an OE window instead of Word's e-mail envelope. Send to Mail Recipient crashes for me too on XP with OE - I don't have access to Vista to check that at the moment. -- Enjoy, Tony Jollans Microsoft Word MVP "Jornie" wrote in message ... Thanks Tony for the advice, but how would I go about it. I don't know any VBA or how to make it work with word. Is this something that can be done from within Word? With some digging into word I managed to customise the toolbar with various email related buttons. Most of them were grayed out too, or could only be used with Outlook. Except one, "Send to mail recipient", which was like the email function in Word '03. Unfortunately, Word crashes when you click send. At least with XP & Outlook express. I wonder if it crashes with Vista & Windows Mail... Also, unlike Word '03, you can no longer use stationary or signatures unless you have Outlook installed. That's a shame because I used that feature a lot. -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't know why your option should be greyed out but ... I don't know how to do this via the UI but if you can use VBA, setting Options.SendMailAttach to True or False will change the Send menu option accorrdingly (though not the descriptive text) -- Enjoy, Tony Jollans Microsoft Word MVP "Jornie" wrote in message ... When I try to send a document as an email attachment from within Word 2007, the option is grayed out. How do I get this to work? (I use Outlook Express). Also, with a previous version of word, it was possible to create emails directly (i.e. not as an attachment). If this is possible in Word '07, how do I do it? -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. |
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Thanks again, I'll try your solution. At least until MS releases an update.
I hope they are aware of the program. I'm not happy with it either, but there are some good features. One other thing I noticed is that Outlook express's English dictionary has been replaced by a French one since installing Word '07. I tried going into options but its not there. I think the old dictionary it used came from Word '03. Guess I'll have to get a 3rd party dictionary. -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. "Tony Jollans" wrote: I'm sorry to say I do not know as much about e-mail and Word as I would like to. The option to send as text or attachment seems to act as though it is a hangover from older versions although I can see no reason why the facility should have been removed. As no-one is coming forward with a contrary view I have to assume I am correct in saying that there is no UI mechanism for controlling it so the VBA solution is the only one. This is not really satisfactory - and, depending on your security settings may not even work - but ... Press Alt+F11 to open the VBE Press Ctrl+G to open the Immediate Window Type Options.SendMailAttach = False Press Enter Press Alt+F4 to close the VBE You should now have the Send Option (on the Ofice Menu) set to send as text - and it appears to work, opening up an OE window instead of Word's e-mail envelope. Send to Mail Recipient crashes for me too on XP with OE - I don't have access to Vista to check that at the moment. -- Enjoy, Tony Jollans Microsoft Word MVP "Jornie" wrote in message ... Thanks Tony for the advice, but how would I go about it. I don't know any VBA or how to make it work with word. Is this something that can be done from within Word? With some digging into word I managed to customise the toolbar with various email related buttons. Most of them were grayed out too, or could only be used with Outlook. Except one, "Send to mail recipient", which was like the email function in Word '03. Unfortunately, Word crashes when you click send. At least with XP & Outlook express. I wonder if it crashes with Vista & Windows Mail... Also, unlike Word '03, you can no longer use stationary or signatures unless you have Outlook installed. That's a shame because I used that feature a lot. -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't know why your option should be greyed out but ... I don't know how to do this via the UI but if you can use VBA, setting Options.SendMailAttach to True or False will change the Send menu option accorrdingly (though not the descriptive text) -- Enjoy, Tony Jollans Microsoft Word MVP "Jornie" wrote in message ... When I try to send a document as an email attachment from within Word 2007, the option is grayed out. How do I get this to work? (I use Outlook Express). Also, with a previous version of word, it was possible to create emails directly (i.e. not as an attachment). If this is possible in Word '07, how do I do it? -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. |
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See http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jornie" wrote in message ... Thanks again, I'll try your solution. At least until MS releases an update. I hope they are aware of the program. I'm not happy with it either, but there are some good features. One other thing I noticed is that Outlook express's English dictionary has been replaced by a French one since installing Word '07. I tried going into options but its not there. I think the old dictionary it used came from Word '03. Guess I'll have to get a 3rd party dictionary. -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. "Tony Jollans" wrote: I'm sorry to say I do not know as much about e-mail and Word as I would like to. The option to send as text or attachment seems to act as though it is a hangover from older versions although I can see no reason why the facility should have been removed. As no-one is coming forward with a contrary view I have to assume I am correct in saying that there is no UI mechanism for controlling it so the VBA solution is the only one. This is not really satisfactory - and, depending on your security settings may not even work - but ... Press Alt+F11 to open the VBE Press Ctrl+G to open the Immediate Window Type Options.SendMailAttach = False Press Enter Press Alt+F4 to close the VBE You should now have the Send Option (on the Ofice Menu) set to send as text - and it appears to work, opening up an OE window instead of Word's e-mail envelope. Send to Mail Recipient crashes for me too on XP with OE - I don't have access to Vista to check that at the moment. -- Enjoy, Tony Jollans Microsoft Word MVP "Jornie" wrote in message ... Thanks Tony for the advice, but how would I go about it. I don't know any VBA or how to make it work with word. Is this something that can be done from within Word? With some digging into word I managed to customise the toolbar with various email related buttons. Most of them were grayed out too, or could only be used with Outlook. Except one, "Send to mail recipient", which was like the email function in Word '03. Unfortunately, Word crashes when you click send. At least with XP & Outlook express. I wonder if it crashes with Vista & Windows Mail... Also, unlike Word '03, you can no longer use stationary or signatures unless you have Outlook installed. That's a shame because I used that feature a lot. -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't know why your option should be greyed out but ... I don't know how to do this via the UI but if you can use VBA, setting Options.SendMailAttach to True or False will change the Send menu option accorrdingly (though not the descriptive text) -- Enjoy, Tony Jollans Microsoft Word MVP "Jornie" wrote in message ... When I try to send a document as an email attachment from within Word 2007, the option is grayed out. How do I get this to work? (I use Outlook Express). Also, with a previous version of word, it was possible to create emails directly (i.e. not as an attachment). If this is possible in Word '07, how do I do it? -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. |
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I finally found the answer. It involves going into regedit and following some
directions that look a bit intimidating at first, but if you take your time, they are doable. Go he http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918792 I can now send email from Word 2007 as an attachment. I'm using Outlook Express and XP Pro. It was most a most frustrating problem but it is fully resolved. "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't know why your option should be greyed out but ... I don't know how to do this via the UI but if you can use VBA, setting Options.SendMailAttach to True or False will change the Send menu option accorrdingly (though not the descriptive text) -- Enjoy, Tony Jollans Microsoft Word MVP "Jornie" wrote in message ... When I try to send a document as an email attachment from within Word 2007, the option is grayed out. How do I get this to work? (I use Outlook Express). Also, with a previous version of word, it was possible to create emails directly (i.e. not as an attachment). If this is possible in Word '07, how do I do it? -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. |
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Although I'm a novice, I followed all the steps, but the new icon "Mail
Recipient (As Text)" is Grayed-Out.....any suggestions? I really appreciate any assistance you can give me. I must add that I'm dismayed by MicroSoft's complete lack of interest in resolving this glitch in Their Program! "Tony Jollans" wrote: I'm sorry to say I do not know as much about e-mail and Word as I would like to. The option to send as text or attachment seems to act as though it is a hangover from older versions although I can see no reason why the facility should have been removed. As no-one is coming forward with a contrary view I have to assume I am correct in saying that there is no UI mechanism for controlling it so the VBA solution is the only one. This is not really satisfactory - and, depending on your security settings may not even work - but ... Press Alt+F11 to open the VBE Press Ctrl+G to open the Immediate Window Type Options.SendMailAttach = False Press Enter Press Alt+F4 to close the VBE You should now have the Send Option (on the Ofice Menu) set to send as text - and it appears to work, opening up an OE window instead of Word's e-mail envelope. Send to Mail Recipient crashes for me too on XP with OE - I don't have access to Vista to check that at the moment. -- Enjoy, Tony Jollans Microsoft Word MVP "Jornie" wrote in message ... Thanks Tony for the advice, but how would I go about it. I don't know any VBA or how to make it work with word. Is this something that can be done from within Word? With some digging into word I managed to customise the toolbar with various email related buttons. Most of them were grayed out too, or could only be used with Outlook. Except one, "Send to mail recipient", which was like the email function in Word '03. Unfortunately, Word crashes when you click send. At least with XP & Outlook express. I wonder if it crashes with Vista & Windows Mail... Also, unlike Word '03, you can no longer use stationary or signatures unless you have Outlook installed. That's a shame because I used that feature a lot. -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't know why your option should be greyed out but ... I don't know how to do this via the UI but if you can use VBA, setting Options.SendMailAttach to True or False will change the Send menu option accorrdingly (though not the descriptive text) -- Enjoy, Tony Jollans Microsoft Word MVP "Jornie" wrote in message ... When I try to send a document as an email attachment from within Word 2007, the option is grayed out. How do I get this to work? (I use Outlook Express). Also, with a previous version of word, it was possible to create emails directly (i.e. not as an attachment). If this is possible in Word '07, how do I do it? -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote 2007. |
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Another note,
those having this issue... Are you using FireFox by any chance? I am on both my laptop and desktop, I have the graying out of the icon also. My wife uses OE and she is fine. These where all new computers set up at the same time with same software. Only exception was FireFox... For a note all but one of the 7 registry values where missing. I am leaving for vacation and will try pubscout's resolve when I return... Good job pubscout! |
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