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Need Word to use OE as default email
Was using OE as my email client. Loaded Outlook, mainly to just use the
calendar feature. I want to still use OE for mail. The problem is that now when I try to email a document or spreadsheet using the right-click/send to/email recipient, the application starts Outlook instead of OE. The main problem is that now I do not have access to my OE Address Book when choosing my recipients. I have set OE as the default mail client in IE Internet Options, but it doesn't fix this problem. I know I can email documents from within OE, or I could use Outlook as my email client, but I do not want to use either of those methods, because this is my father's computer, and he is very resistent to change. He likes to right-click the document icon and email from there. help appreciated. jm |
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Need Word to use OE as default email
Outlook is incredibly aggressive about seizing the right to be your
one-and-only. Everytime I download an update for its spam filter (which I don't know why I do, since I don't use Outlook for email), it reasserts itself. This is not something you can address from either Word or Outlook (though there are related settings in Outlook. Instead, go to Control Panel | Internet Options. On the Programs tab, select Outlook Express as your default email client. -- 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. "JM" wrote in message news Was using OE as my email client. Loaded Outlook, mainly to just use the calendar feature. I want to still use OE for mail. The problem is that now when I try to email a document or spreadsheet using the right-click/send to/email recipient, the application starts Outlook instead of OE. The main problem is that now I do not have access to my OE Address Book when choosing my recipients. I have set OE as the default mail client in IE Internet Options, but it doesn't fix this problem. I know I can email documents from within OE, or I could use Outlook as my email client, but I do not want to use either of those methods, because this is my father's computer, and he is very resistent to change. He likes to right-click the document icon and email from there. help appreciated. jm |
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Need Word to use OE as default email
Suzanne,
Thank you for taking the time to reply. Thing is, I've already done as you suggested several times to no avail. What comes up appears to be Outlook. The biggest problem is the absence of the OE Address Book. jm "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Outlook is incredibly aggressive about seizing the right to be your one-and-only. Everytime I download an update for its spam filter (which I don't know why I do, since I don't use Outlook for email), it reasserts itself. This is not something you can address from either Word or Outlook (though there are related settings in Outlook. Instead, go to Control Panel | Internet Options. On the Programs tab, select Outlook Express as your default email client. -- 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. "JM" wrote in message news Was using OE as my email client. Loaded Outlook, mainly to just use the calendar feature. I want to still use OE for mail. The problem is that now when I try to email a document or spreadsheet using the right-click/send to/email recipient, the application starts Outlook instead of OE. The main problem is that now I do not have access to my OE Address Book when choosing my recipients. I have set OE as the default mail client in IE Internet Options, but it doesn't fix this problem. I know I can email documents from within OE, or I could use Outlook as my email client, but I do not want to use either of those methods, because this is my father's computer, and he is very resistent to change. He likes to right-click the document icon and email from there. help appreciated. jm |
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Need Word to use OE as default email
Word can use the OE address book for email but not for documents in general.
In addition to setting OE as your default mail client, in Outlook, make sure the box for "Make Outlook the default program..." on the Other tab of Tools | Options is not checked. -- 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. "JM" wrote in message .. . Suzanne, Thank you for taking the time to reply. Thing is, I've already done as you suggested several times to no avail. What comes up appears to be Outlook. The biggest problem is the absence of the OE Address Book. jm "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Outlook is incredibly aggressive about seizing the right to be your one-and-only. Everytime I download an update for its spam filter (which I don't know why I do, since I don't use Outlook for email), it reasserts itself. This is not something you can address from either Word or Outlook (though there are related settings in Outlook. Instead, go to Control Panel | Internet Options. On the Programs tab, select Outlook Express as your default email client. -- 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. "JM" wrote in message news Was using OE as my email client. Loaded Outlook, mainly to just use the calendar feature. I want to still use OE for mail. The problem is that now when I try to email a document or spreadsheet using the right-click/send to/email recipient, the application starts Outlook instead of OE. The main problem is that now I do not have access to my OE Address Book when choosing my recipients. I have set OE as the default mail client in IE Internet Options, but it doesn't fix this problem. I know I can email documents from within OE, or I could use Outlook as my email client, but I do not want to use either of those methods, because this is my father's computer, and he is very resistent to change. He likes to right-click the document icon and from there. help appreciated. jm |
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