Creating a hotkey shortcut to Send email as an attachment.

[Guest]

I'm trying to create a hotkey shortcut to Send email as an attachment. I
look in Tools Customize.... and click on the Keyboard button and don't see an
option under File to send email as an attachment. The SendTo option I see is
SendToFax. Is there a way to create this hotkey on my keyboard.

I tried recording a Macro called SendToEmail but I can't click the record
button fast enough because the new message screen pops up.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It's not clear what you want to do. Do you really want to send email as an
attachment? Or, do you want to send a Word file as an attachment? If it's
the latter, the Word command is FileSendMail.

 

[Guest]

My friend would like to create shortcut key to open up a new message as an
attachment but it probably doesn't make sense in that she still has to add
the attachment separately anyway right?

 

[Guest]

I noticed that under the Customize Keyboard section in the Commands list that
FileSendMail is not an option. Do you have to create it has a separate macro
to create a hotkey?

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Not there? It's there for me. Choose Tools - Customize - Keyboard button;
set Categories to All Commands. In the Commands list, tap the F key once to
go to the beginning of the "F" commands, then scroll down. I have
FileSendMail right between FileSearch and FileSummaryInfo.

 

[Guest]

I see it under All Commands but why wouldn't it be under the File option?

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Because, if they put it there, you'd find it! ;-)

 

[Guest]

Well put I guess, thanks for your help.

Because, if they put it there, you'd find it! ;-)