Chapter 14: Word and the Internet

Using Word, you can interact with others over the Internet. You can e-mail a document, create a hyperlink in a document that will open a Web page or another document at your own site, and you can save a document as a Web page.

E-mail a Document

You can e-mail a Word document while you work in Word; you do not need to open your e-mail program and send the document from there.

Although you do not need to send the document from your e-mail program, your e-mail program must be set up on your computer.

1. Open the document you want to send by e-mail.

2. Click the e-mail icon ().

   

   Word adds an area where you can address the e-mail.

3. Click here to type the e-mail address of the person to whom you want to send the document.

   You can type the e-mail address of someone to whom you want to send a copy of the message.

   

   Note 

   To send the message, or copies of the message, to multiple recipients, separate each e-mail address with a semi-colon (;) and a space.

4. Click here to type a subject for the e-mail message.

   

   Note 

   Subjects are not required but including one is considerate. Word automatically supplies the document name for the subject; you can replace the document name with anything you want.

   If you use Microsoft Outlook as your e-mail program, you can click here to include an introduction for the document.

5. Click Send a Copy.

   Word places a message in your e-mail program’s Outbox and removes the e-mail address area from the top of the screen.

   

   Note 

   Your e-mail program must be open for the message to be sent.

What should I do if I change my mind and do not want to send the document as an e-mail message?

Repeat step 2; Word removes the area from the top of the document where you address the e-mail message.

Does Word send my document as an attachment?

If you use the method described in these steps, Word displays the document in the body of an e-mail message. To send the document as an attachment, open the document. Then, click File, click Send To, and then click Mail Recipient (as Attachment). A standard e-mail window appears, with the document appearing as an attachment. Complete steps 3 to 5.