By default, Microsoft Excel and Word 2016 doesn’t have the useful “Send to Mail Recipient” option available on the toolbar. The option enables users to quickly access their email client to send documents. Here’s how to add it.
- Select the small down arrow on the right-hand side of the Quick Access Toolbar, and select “More Commands“.
- Under the “Choose commands from” list, select “All Commands“.
- Select “Send to Mail Recipient“, and then select “Add“.
4. Select “OK” and the icon is added to the top-left toolbar.
4. Select “OK” and the icon is added to the top-left toolbar.Now the option will be available on the toolbar located at the upper-left corner of the window.
FAQ
I performed these steps, but when I select the button, nothing happens. Why?
You might need to select a default email client in Windows. You can usually do this by going to “Control Panel” > “Programs” > “Default Programs” > “Set Default Programs“.
Tricia says
Have you run into Excel 2016 crashing when sending the sheet via email option on the toolbar? I have one user where Excel freezes when she clicks the “send to email recipient button” She has to close Excel via task manager and then the outlook email is behind excel when it closes. She had Windows 7 and we upgraded her to Windows 10. She still has issues. She did not have this issue when we used Office 2013. Any ideas?
Stan Duncan says
this was very well done, but my bigger problem is in getting Word to recognize any email program but outlook. I’ve done what you recommend here. I’ve gone to “Control Panel” > “Programs” > “Default Programs” > “Set Default Programs“. But Gmail is not on the list, so I can’t set it as a default of Word. And if one clicks on “Word” itself, and set defaults, we go to a list of file types, (.doc. docx., etc.) not programs like Gmail or Outlook. How do I get it to do that?
Don’t be shy if you don’t know how to set gmail as the default email program for Word. No one else seems to know either. It was so simple in my earlier version of Word 10, I should have appreciated the convenience when I had it.
Michel Beaulieu says
Hi,
After sending msg with attachments under send to recipient option in Microsoft Exchange I loose the attachment when I want to save the msg although this option was available with Office. Is there a way around this?
Regards
Michel