Word 2007 does not send doc as e-mail, only attachment?

External Since: Mar 04, 2005 Posts: 5

Thank You Thank You... That helped Immensely.

SMC

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

> There was an earlier response indicating how to get the Word 2003
> functionality in Word 2007. I agree that they haven't made it easy to find,
> but once you've added the needed tool to the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT),
> it's easy and available.
>
> Right-click the QAT and choose Customize QAT. Set Choose commands from: to
> Commands Not in the Ribbon. Scroll to the commands starting with S, click on
> Send to Mail Recipient, then click Add - OK.
>
> Thereafter, you can use the tool on the QAT to toggle email headers on/off
> for initiating email from Word 2007.
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> http://www.herbtyson.com
> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
> "SMC" <SMC DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1A2EE016-3FEF-4FF9-84D9-68AD76774344@microsoft.com...
> > Regarding the questions of emailing as an attachmentâ€¦ I too cannot find a
> > way
> > to just send an email using Outlook from a Word document which I have done
> > for years. Almost all corporate firms I send email to will not accept an
> > attached Word document, yet Microsoft defaults the email option to send as
> > an
> > attachment providing no other easily found method of simply sending the
> > email
> > from Word. The whole point of upgrading the Office Suite is to make you
> > more
> > productive, yet this new version has done the opposite for me and most
> > everyone Iâ€™ve spoken with. I realize it takes time to get used to
> > things,
> > and Iâ€™ve always had growing pains with new versions, but Office 2007 has
> > done
> > nothing to make us more productive, quite the opposite. In regards to
> > the
> > copy and paste response, a better answer is use Office 2003 and donâ€™t
> > upgrade.
> >
> > "AZMoose" wrote:
> >
> >> I have read as much as I can find on sending a Word 2007 doc as an e-mail
> >> (body) and I still cannot find a way to do it. Everytime I try, it is
> >> attached to an e-mail instead of it being the e-mail. I have people whose
> >> security will not allow attachments of any kind. How can I send as body
> >> and
> >> not attachemnt.
>
>

External Since: Jan 11, 2007 Posts: 2

I have followed these steps. Send to Mail Recipient shows up on my QAT, but
it is disabled. I'm still not able to use it. Is there something that needs
to be configured to make this work?

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

> Actually, I lied. You don't need to go through all that macro rigmarole. The
> command IS in the QAT's list, but it was hiding under a different name.
>
> Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and choose Customize...
>
> Set Choose commands from: to All Commands.
>
> In the list of commands, scroll down to "Send to Mail Recipient".
>
> Click on Send to Mail Recipient, then click Add.
>
> Click OK at the bottom.
>
> Now you can use that tool to toggle on/off email headers for sending the
> current window's contents as an email.
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> http://www.herbtyson.com
> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb.RemoveThis@1x2y3z.xnw> wrote in message
> news:OjpqLcXeHHA.3884@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > It's not exactly intuitive. What you need is the EmailEnvelope command,
> > which is not containted anywhere in the Office 2007 interface (at least
> > not as far as I can see). It's also not available when customizing the
> > Quick Access Toolbar.
> >
> > One way to get it is to create a macro named EmailEnvelope, then place
> > that macro onto the Quick Access Toolbar. When you create a macro by that
> > name, it will automatically contain the correct command to accomplish what
> > you want. No actual programming is needed.
> >
> > Once there, you click it to toggle email headers on and off. When toggled
> > on, you can fill in the To: address, etc. and click Send a Copy to send
> > the current document to the email recipient.
> >
> > --
> > Herb Tyson MS MVP
> > http://www.herbtyson.com
> > Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> > Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
> > "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr.RemoveThis@REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:O270x4$dHHA.4688@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> Copy and Paste
> >>
> >> --
> >> 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
> >>
> >> "AZMoose" <AZMoose.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:A1190723-FC47-4C2C-AD3F-F8F41453BC5B@microsoft.com...
> >>>I have read as much as I can find on sending a Word 2007 doc as an e-mail
> >>> (body) and I still cannot find a way to do it. Everytime I try, it is
> >>> attached to an e-mail instead of it being the e-mail. I have people
> >>> whose
> >>> security will not allow attachments of any kind. How can I send as body
> >>> and
> >>> not attachemnt.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>