email through MS Office Apps

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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 said:
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?
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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/default.aspx?re_ms=oo&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.
 
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
 
Powell said:
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)
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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:
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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.
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You can, but you don't have to.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Powell said:
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)
Click to expand...

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