email through MS Office Apps

Under Vista, when I want to use the "SEND" option of WORD or other OFFICE
apps, the only active options I have is to SAVE the email, the SEND function
is disabled. Is there a way of making the SEND function active within these
apps or is this just another function that vista doesn't emulate - as it did
in every other os preceding it?
--
Ralph

"Ralph" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:869D2022-8D8E-4A04-B2D2-675C05EA550F@microsoft.com...
> Under Vista, when I want to use the "SEND" option of WORD or other OFFICE
> apps, the only active options I have is to SAVE the email, the SEND
> function
> is disabled. Is there a way of making the SEND function active within
> these
> apps or is this just another function that vista doesn't emulate - as it
> did
> in every other os preceding it?
> --
> Ralph

I suspect that many Microsoft Office applications make the assumption
that Outlook is the only email program you need to connect to. If your
version of Microsoft Office doesn't include Outlook, it will have problems
doing this.

Outlook versions 2003 and later run well under Vista. Versions 2000 and
2002 will run under Vista, but with some problems.

See here for more information about the different versions of Microsoft
Office:

http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/d...o&culture=en-US

I use Office 2003, and personally, this isn't a feature that I am apt to
use.
However, as far as I can tell from a brief look, you only get the "Send" or
"Send as Copy" button if you have an email account set up in Outlook, and
you select a recipient from the Outlook contacts.
Clicking on "File" - "Send To" - "Mail Recipient (as attachment)" opens the
default email program, which in my case, is Thunderbird. I'm not sure if
this works with Windows Mail, as it won't attach an open file.


--
Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview


"Ralph" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:869D2022-8D8E-4A04-B2D2-675C05EA550F@microsoft.com...
> Under Vista, when I want to use the "SEND" option of WORD or other OFFICE
> apps, the only active options I have is to SAVE the email, the SEND
> function
> is disabled. Is there a way of making the SEND function active within
> these
> apps or is this just another function that vista doesn't emulate - as it
> did
> in every other os preceding it?
> --
> Ralph

Hi Ralph:
I've got the same problem with my Office XP application. I have been looking
for a solution for a week and the news is all bad. Once you have loaded a
previous version of Office it automatically sets Outlook as the default mail
server and there is no way to change it. (I dug this out of Vista Tutorials)
Since Vista does not operate with Outlook anymore you have three choices:
a. You can uninstall your old version of Office and send your pictures or
documents through Windows Mail and then reinstall Office. A real pain in the
backside.
b. You can send you attachments in batches up to the limit of your
recipient's provider. Another pain in the backside.
c. You can purchase an updated version of Office. This is Microsoft's
prefered method, of course, and I have a sneaking suspicion that with each
new O/S that they release you will find changes that will leave you with same
option. For someone like me who only used MS Word this is a pricey option.
Sorry for the bad news, but when it comes to squeezing the last buck out of
you Microsoft has all the angles covered.
Regards
Powell Lucas
--
PBL


"Dave" wrote:

> I use Office 2003, and personally, this isn't a feature that I am apt to
> use.
> However, as far as I can tell from a brief look, you only get the "Send" or
> "Send as Copy" button if you have an email account set up in Outlook, and
> you select a recipient from the Outlook contacts.
> Clicking on "File" - "Send To" - "Mail Recipient (as attachment)" opens the
> default email program, which in my case, is Thunderbird. I'm not sure if
> this works with Windows Mail, as it won't attach an open file.
>
>
> --
> Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>
>
> "Ralph" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:869D2022-8D8E-4A04-B2D2-675C05EA550F@microsoft.com...
> > Under Vista, when I want to use the "SEND" option of WORD or other OFFICE
> > apps, the only active options I have is to SAVE the email, the SEND
> > function
> > is disabled. Is there a way of making the SEND function active within
> > these
> > apps or is this just another function that vista doesn't emulate - as it
> > did
> > in every other os preceding it?
> > --
> > Ralph
>
>

"Powell" <Powell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3641C1EB-1AD9-4536-837C-E0D97CDC48FB@microsoft.com...
> Hi Ralph:
> I've got the same problem with my Office XP application. I have been
> looking
> for a solution for a week and the news is all bad. Once you have loaded a
> previous version of Office it automatically sets Outlook as the default
> mail
> server and there is no way to change it. (I dug this out of Vista
> Tutorials)

Not true. If you install Outlook, it like most other programs, will take
over the defaults. You can change them back.

> Since Vista does not operate with Outlook anymore you have three choices:

What???????? Outlook 2000 and newer work fine with Vista.

> a. You can uninstall your old version of Office and send your pictures or
> documents through Windows Mail and then reinstall Office. A real pain in
> the
> backside.
> b. You can send you attachments in batches up to the limit of your
> recipient's provider. Another pain in the backside.
> c. You can purchase an updated version of Office. This is Microsoft's
> prefered method, of course, and I have a sneaking suspicion that with each
> new O/S that they release you will find changes that will leave you with
> same
> option. For someone like me who only used MS Word this is a pricey option.

You can, but you don't have to.

> Sorry for the bad news, but when it comes to squeezing the last buck out
> of
> you Microsoft has all the angles covered.
> Regards
> Powell Lucas
> --
> PBL
>
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
>> I use Office 2003, and personally, this isn't a feature that I am apt to
>> use.
>> However, as far as I can tell from a brief look, you only get the "Send"
>> or
>> "Send as Copy" button if you have an email account set up in Outlook, and
>> you select a recipient from the Outlook contacts.
>> Clicking on "File" - "Send To" - "Mail Recipient (as attachment)" opens
>> the
>> default email program, which in my case, is Thunderbird. I'm not sure if
>> this works with Windows Mail, as it won't attach an open file.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
>> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>>
>>
>> "Ralph" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:869D2022-8D8E-4A04-B2D2-675C05EA550F@microsoft.com...
>> > Under Vista, when I want to use the "SEND" option of WORD or other
>> > OFFICE
>> > apps, the only active options I have is to SAVE the email, the SEND
>> > function
>> > is disabled. Is there a way of making the SEND function active within
>> > these
>> > apps or is this just another function that vista doesn't emulate - as
>> > it
>> > did
>> > in every other os preceding it?
>> > --
>> > Ralph
>>
>>

"Dave" <dave@beepbeep.com> wrote in message
news:ulYEcpAmIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> What???????? Outlook 2000 and newer work fine with Vista.

Not /quite/. There are issues with 2000/2002 and password retention.

I know... I didn't say "perfect"... ;-)
Even 2003 has the "have to run one Office app once 'as Administrator' in
order to accept the EULA" issue.


--
Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview


"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:ftb10g$mbp$1@news.mixmin.net...
> "Dave" <dave@beepbeep.com> wrote in message
> news:ulYEcpAmIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
>> What???????? Outlook 2000 and newer work fine with Vista.
>
> Not /quite/. There are issues with 2000/2002 and password retention.

I have Office 2003 installed, and "Send To > Mail Recipient" works
with both Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail, depending on
which one is configured as the default email program.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


"Dave" <dave@beepbeep.com> wrote in message news:u645cD$lIHA.1368@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I use Office 2003, and personally, this isn't a feature that I am apt to use.
> However, as far as I can tell from a brief look, you only get the "Send" or "Send as Copy" button if you have an email account
> set up in Outlook, and you select a recipient from the Outlook contacts.
> Clicking on "File" - "Send To" - "Mail Recipient (as attachment)" opens the default email program, which in my case, is
> Thunderbird. I'm not sure if this works with Windows Mail, as it won't attach an open file.
>
>
> --
> Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>
>
> "Ralph" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message news:869D2022-8D8E-4A04-B2D2-675C05EA550F@microsoft.com...
>> Under Vista, when I want to use the "SEND" option of WORD or other OFFICE
>> apps, the only active options I have is to SAVE the email, the SEND function
>> is disabled. Is there a way of making the SEND function active within these
>> apps or is this just another function that vista doesn't emulate - as it did
>> in every other os preceding it?
>> --
>> Ralph
>

"Powell" <Powell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3641C1EB-1AD9-4536-837C-E0D97CDC48FB@microsoft.com...
> Hi Ralph:
> I've got the same problem with my Office XP application. I have been looking
> for a solution for a week and the news is all bad. Once you have loaded a
> previous version of Office it automatically sets Outlook as the default mail
> server and there is no way to change it. (I dug this out of Vista Tutorials)

I strongly disagree with that statement.
Changing the default email client in Vista is quite easy, regardless of
whether Office is installed or not!

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)