What Programs Do You Need to Create E-mail in Word?

To create and send e-mail messages from Word, you have to have Outlook, which comes with Office; Outlook Express, which comes with Internet Explorer; or a Microsoft Exchange Client. And one of these programs must be set as your default e-mail program. Outlook 2003 was used for the examples in this hour .

To send Word documents as attachments to e-mail messages, you aren't limited to Outlook and Outlook Express for e-mail. Most e-mail programs work just fine.