PSS ID Number: 297194
Article Last Modified on 5/8/2001
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q297194
For a Microsoft Visio 2002 version of this article, see 297204.
SUMMARY
This article describes how to send a document in e-mail from Microsoft Visio.
MORE INFORMATION
To send your drawing in e-mail directly from Visio, follow these steps:
- To send the drawing as a message attachment, point to Send To on the File menu, and then click Mail Recipient.
NOTE: If Send To is not available on the File menu, you must install Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, or another e-mail program compliant with the Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI). For more information about Outlook and Outlook Express, see the "Installing an E-mail Program" section later in this article. For information about other non-Microsoft MAPI compliant e-mail programs, see the links to third-party vendor contacts in the "References" section of this article.
- If the Choose Profile box appears, click Default Outlook Profile or another valid profile, and click OK.
- Visio adds the file name of the drawing to the Subject line.
- In the To line, type the e-mail names of the recipients or select the e-mail names from your Address Book.
- Click Send to send the drawing as an attachment.
Installing an E-mail Program
The two most common Microsoft e-mail programs are Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express, both of which support use of the Send To command in Visio. This section describes installation of Microsoft Outlook.
For additional information about installing Outlook Express, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
270696 OLEXP: How to Obtain and Install Outlook Express
Installing Microsoft Outlook
The following instructions apply only to Microsoft Office 2000.
To install Microsoft Outlook, follow these steps:
- Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
- Do one of the following, as appropriate for your operating system.
- Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0:
- Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0:
On the Install/Uninstall tab, click Microsoft Office 2000 in the list of installed programs, and then click Add/Remove.
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- Microsoft Windows 2000:
- Microsoft Windows 2000:
In the Currently installed components list, click Microsoft Office 2000, and then click Change.
- In the Microsoft Office 2000 Setup dialog box, click Add or Remove Features, and then click Next.
- Click the icon for Microsoft Outlook for Windows and then click Run from My Computer on the menu that appears.
- Click Update Now to start the installation.
Troubleshooting the Send Mail Commands in Visio
If Outlook Express is installed as your default e-mail program, but you are missing the Send To command in Visio, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
290797 OLEXP: File, Send To, Mail Recipient, or Mail Recipient (as Attachment) Missing
REFERENCES
For additional information about the differences between Outlook and Outlook Express, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express
For information about how to contact vendors of other third-party MAPI compliant e-mail programs, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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