WD97: Macro to Send a Word Document as Text or an Attachment

 Last reviewed: March 20, 1998
Article ID: Q170890
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

The Visual Basic for Applications SendMail method opens a message window for sending the active document through a MAPI compliant mail system, such as Microsoft Mail or Microsoft Exchange.

This article describes how to programmatically set whether the document is inserted as text or as an embedded attachment in the mail message.

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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro shows how to change the SendMailAttach setting programmatically: 

   Sub SetMailAttachOption()
      Application.Options.SendMailAttach = True   'Or False
      ActiveDocument.SendMail
   End Sub
For more information about sending mail from Word, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "SendMail," click Search, and then click to view "SendMail Method."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
   TITLE     : OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q173707
   TITLE     : OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for 
               Applications

Additional query words: vb vba vbe
Keywords : kbinterop kbdta kbdtacode kbwordvba word8 word97 OffVBA
Version : 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto

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Last reviewed: March 20, 1998
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