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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Sending Documents as E-mail</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153345"><bookmark_value>documents; sending as e-mail</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>sending; documents as e-mail</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>e-mail attachments</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>files; sending as e-mail</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>text documents;sending as e-mail</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>spreadsheets; sending as e-mail</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>drawings; sending as e-mail</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>presentations; sending as e-mail</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>attachments in e-mails</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Working in $[officename], you can send the current document as an e-mail attachment.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147335" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Choose <emph>File - Send - Document as E-mail</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153127" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="4">$[officename] opens your default e-mail program.<switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="UNIX"> If you want to send the current document with another e-mail program, you can select the program to use with <emph>Internet - E-mail</emph> in the Options dialog box.</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150986" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">In your e-mail program, enter the recipient, subject and any text you want to add, then send the e-mail.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3595385" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In case you want to send the e-mail to a recipient who only has software that cannot read the OpenDocument format, you can send the current document in an often used proprietary format.<br/>For a text document, choose <item type="menuitem">File - Send - Document as Microsoft Word</item>. For a spreadsheet, choose <item type="menuitem">File - Send - Document as Microsoft Excel</item>. And for a presentation, choose <item type="menuitem">File - Send - Document as Microsoft PowerPoint</item>. <br/>If you want to send the document as a read-only file, choose <item type="menuitem">File - Send - Document as PDF</item>.<br/>These commands do not change your current document. Only a temporary copy is created and sent.</paragraph>
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