Microsoft KB Archive/239220

= Works 2000: How To Send a Word Processor Document in an E-Mail Message =

Article ID: 239220

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Works 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 6.0

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This article was previously published under Q239220



SUMMARY
This article describes how to send a Microsoft Works 2000 or Microsoft Works 6 Word Processor document in an e-mail message.

Works Setup automatically installs Microsoft Outlook Express if it is not already installed. Outlook Express is a program that you can use to send and receive e-mail messages.

NOTE: In Works Word Processor, you cannot automatically send the currently open document as a plain text e-mail message. However, you can use Works Word Processor to create a document, and then attach that document to an e-mail message, or you can paste text from the document into the body of the e-mail message.



MORE INFORMATION
To use Works Word Processor to create an e-mail message, create a Word Processor document, and then use one of the following methods.

Use the Send Command

 * 1) On the File menu in Works Word Processor, click Send.
 * 2) If the Choose Profile dialog box appears, click the e-mail profile that you want to use, and then click OK.

Works starts your default e-mail program, creates a new message, and attaches the Works Word Processor document to the e-mail message automatically.
 * 1) In the To box, type the e-mail addresses for the people to whom you want to send the message.
 * 2) In the CC box, type the e-mail addresses for the people to whom you want to send a carbon copy of the message.
 * 3) In the Subject box, type an appropriate subject for the message.
 * 4) Type any text that you want to add in the body of the message, and then click Send.

Use the E-mail Program to Insert the Document as an Attachment

 * 1) Save the Works Word Processor document, and then quit Works Word Processor.
 * 2) Start your e-mail program, and then create a new message.
 * 3) In the To box, type the e-mail addresses for the people to whom you want to send the message.
 * 4) In the CC box, type the e-mail addresses for the people to whom you want to send a carbon copy of the message.
 * 5) In the Subject box, type an appropriate subject for the message.
 * 6) On the command bar in your e-mail message, use the appropriate command to insert or attach a file.

In Outlook Express, on the Insert menu, click File Attachment.

In Microsoft Outlook, on the Insert menu, click File.
 * 1) In the Look in box, browse to the folder that contains the Works Word Processor document that you want to attach to the message.
 * 2) Click the Works Word Processor document that you want to attach to the message, and then click Insert.
 * 3) Type any text that you want to add in the body of the message, and then click Send.

Drag and Drop the Document into the E-mail Message

 * 1) Save the Works Word Processor document, and then quit Works Word Processor.
 * 2) Start your e-mail program, and then create a new message.
 * 3) In the To box, type the e-mail addresses for the people to whom you want to send the message.
 * 4) In the CC box, type the e-mail addresses for the people to whom you want to send a carbon copy of the message.
 * 5) In the Subject box, type an appropriate subject for the message.
 * 6) Start Windows Explorer.
 * 7) Navigate to the folder that contains the Works Word Processor document that you want to attach to the message.
 * 8) Click and drag the document into the e-mail message.
 * 9) Type any text that you want to add in the body of the message, and then click Send.

Copy and Paste Text from the Document to the E-mail Message

 * 1) In the Works Word Processor document, select the text that you want to send as the body of an e-mail message.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Copy.
 * 3) Start your e-mail program, and then create a new message.
 * 4) In the To box, type the e-mail addresses for the people to whom you want to send the message.
 * 5) In the CC box, type the e-mail addresses for the people to whom you want to send a carbon copy of the message.
 * 6) In the Subject box, type an appropriate subject for the message.
 * 7) In the body of the e-mail document, click the location where you want to insert the text from the Works Word Processor document.
 * 8) On the Edit menu, click Paste.
 * 9) Type any text that you want to add in the body of the message, and then click Send.

