Article ID: 297204
Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007
- Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007
- Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003
- Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
- Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
This article was previously published under Q297204
SUMMARY
This article describes how to send a document in e-mail from Microsoft Office Visio.
MORE INFORMATION
To send your drawing in e-mail directly from Visio, follow these steps:
- Use one of the following methods, depending on your version of Visio:
- To send the drawing as a message attachment in Microsoft Office Visio 2007, in Microsoft Office Visio 2003 or in Microsoft Visio 2002, point to Send To on the File menu, and then click Mail Recipient (as Attachment).
- To send the drawing as a message attachment in Microsoft Visio 2000, point to Send To on the File menu, and then click Mail Recipient.
- 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 more information about how to obtain and install Outlook Express, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
270696 How to obtain and install Outlook Express
Installing Microsoft Outlook
The following instructions apply only to Microsoft Office XP.
To install Microsoft Outlook, follow these steps:
- Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
- Use one of the following methods, 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 XP in the list of installed programs, and then click Add/Remove.
- Microsoft Windows 2000:
- Microsoft Windows 2000:
In the Currently installed components list, click Microsoft Office XP, and then click Change.
- In the Microsoft Office XP 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 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 following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
290797 File, Send To, Mail Recipient, or Mail Recipient (as Attachment) missing
REFERENCES
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:
65416 Hardware and software vendor contact information, A-K
60781 Hardware and software vendor contact information, L-P
60782 Hardware and software vendor contact information, Q-Z
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