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Expert: Suzanne S. Barnhill - 4/30/2005


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Hi Suzanne S. Barnhill

How i change the default mail recipient at word to yahoo mail acc, hotmail acc, outlook express or MS Outlook.

That means when i type a letter and want to sent a mail using word and click File Menu -> Sent to
-> Mail recipient. Word will direct convert to yahoo acc or outlook express. How i can change the setting?

Thank in advanced.

CCChin

Answer
This is not really a Word question since what you want to change is not the default mail *recipient* (the person to whom the email is sent) but the default mail *client* (the software used to send the mail). If your mail client is set as the default, Word should automatically use it.

To choose the default, open Windows Control Panel | Internet Options. On the Programs tab, select the desired email program. If it is Outlook, there is a separate setting in that program (Tools | Options | Other) to make it the default mail client, and this must be set in addition to the one in Internet Options. I don't believe that Word can use Hotmail or Yahoo accounts unless they are set up to use Outlook Express.

Beyond this, I don't really know what to tell you; I use Outlook Express, and Word (and every other app) seems to know to use it for email. If this doesn't answer your question, you might want to ask a volunteer specializing in Outlook, Outlook Express, etc.

Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

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I've been using Word for Windows since version 2.0 (1992), and the more I learn about it, the more I realize how little I know. But I may know a few things that you don't, and I'll help if I can. I answer many questions every day in Microsoft's peer support forums and as a result have been awarded the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) designation by Microsoft Corporation. You may be able to find the answer to your question at the Word MVPs' FAQ site or at my own Word FAQ site, so please check those first! Please, no questions about VBA (macros), Registry editing, networks, or complex merges, as I have no experience with these aspects of Word, nor do I have any experience with Word for Mac. Please indicate which version of Word you are using; if you are not sure, see "What version of Word do I have?".

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I have a master's degree in classics (Latin), which is surprisingly helpful, though I no longer teach. The things I am proudest of: Having raised two children to maturity, both Merit Scholars, both college graduates (one a philosophy major!), one Phi Beta Kappa (from Harvard!); having been made a Paul Harris Fellow by my Rotary club; having been designated a Microsoft MVP.

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Rotary Club of Fairhope, Friends of the Fairhope Public Library

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B.A. (Latin), Agnes Scott College, 1966; M.A. (Classics), Emory University, 1972.

Awards and Honors
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award every year since 1999; many Rotary honors

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