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11-18-2008
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| | Windows Mail Vista with Office Word 2007 Maybe someone can help me.... When I use Windows Mail, all is fine, but when I try to email from Word 2007, NOTHING happens and even my Contacts are un available. Does anyone know how to email from Word to contacts listed in Windows Mail?...I'm using Vista Home Prem. 32 and everything is up to date...Help!!! Don |
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11-18-2008
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| | Re: Windows Mail Vista with Office Word 2007 That can't be done unless you have Outlook installed. Word needs the MAPI engine that Outlook provides. -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Don Canfield" <donandmary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OngufSfSJHA.4576@xxxxxx Quote: > Maybe someone can help me.... > When I use Windows Mail, all is fine, but when I try to email from Word 2007, NOTHING happens and even my Contacts are un > available. Does anyone know how to email from Word to contacts listed in Windows Mail?...I'm using Vista Home Prem. 32 and > everything is up to date...Help!!! > > Don |
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11-19-2008
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| | Re: Windows Mail Vista with Office Word 2007 "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:usjsTcfSJHA.4576@xxxxxx Quote: > That can't be done unless you have Outlook installed. > Word needs the MAPI engine that Outlook provides. > |
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11-19-2008
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| | Re: Windows Mail Vista with Office Word 2007 Gordon wrote: Quote: > "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:usjsTcfSJHA.4576@xxxxxx Quote: >> That can't be done unless you have Outlook installed. >> Word needs the MAPI engine that Outlook provides. >> > I seem to recall that Mozilla Thunderbird also provides a MAPI engine.... when I clicked on the Mailto icon in my QAT in Word 2007 it opened a Thunderbird compose window with the document attached.... Also interestingly, I added some text in the body of the message. This was sent as well, UNLIKE OUTLOOK, where if you add text to the body of a message sent from within Word, it fails to be included in the received email.... |
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11-19-2008
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| | Re: Windows Mail Vista with Office Word 2007 Thanks for that report. -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23UzQfqnSJHA.5164@xxxxxx Quote: > Gordon wrote: Quote: >> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:usjsTcfSJHA.4576@xxxxxx Quote: >>> That can't be done unless you have Outlook installed. >>> Word needs the MAPI engine that Outlook provides. >>> >> I seem to recall that Mozilla Thunderbird also provides a MAPI engine.... > Yup, just confirmed it. I set Thunderbird as default email client and when I clicked on the Mailto icon in my QAT in Word 2007 > it opened a Thunderbird compose window with the document attached.... > > Also interestingly, I added some text in the body of the message. This was sent as well, UNLIKE OUTLOOK, where if you add text > to the body of a message sent from within Word, it fails to be included in the received email.... |
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