Since updating to Mountain Lion, Share -> Email as Attachment in Word, Excel and Powerpoint 2011 no longer attaches the file. It launches Mac Mail but then I get the spinning beach ball.
I have repaired permissions and rebuilt the MS identity. No luck with either.
Any additonal help would be great. I use this feature a lot and would like to know what has become corrrupted.
thanks,
Debbie
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Thanks, CT,
I have gone that route and come up empty. I was just hoping someone here has encountered something similar and had a suggestion.
Couple of thoughts.
All normal file names. MS Office has this built into the File, Share menu. It workd until I upgraded to ML. It launches Mail but does not attach the file. It does not work accross the Office platform: Word, Excel or Powerpoint.
As far as I know you cannot add the Share button like in Safari to other applications yet. It must be written into th program itself.
I think this must have something to do with the applescript which is running behind the scenes, but am at a loss to know what might not be working.
Debbie
I'm experiencing the exact issue described by singerdf. Since upgrading, The File, Share, Email as attachment in word, launches mail but does not open an email with the attachment in it. This is a change: it was working perfectly prior to the upgrade.
I too am experiencing the exact same issue as singerdf, and have been all over the internet looking for a fix. This is one of my favorite and most used features. I think it worked for me for awhile after upgrading to Mountain Lion, and just recently quit working. It opens up MacMail but just the program, not a new compose email and certainly not with the attached file. Very frustrating. Still hoping to hear about a fix.
I'm using Word 2011 14.2.5, and OSX 10.8.2 and I have no problem with this at all. I select share by email, Mail opens with the document attached, every time, and this also works across the other Office apps (Excel Powerpoint) so this is not general to 10.8.2 but selective, make a new user account, log in to it and test there.
I finally got it to work again. Repair permissions
Quit all applications and restart. If it still
Does not work reinstall the latest update.
It was clear that something was weird and
The restart solved it.
Good luck and keep me posted.
Debbie
Fantastic!
Thank you! It worked, although it seems slow, with a spinning pinwheel for a moment or two, but it worked!
Repair Permissions!
Pam
Glad to find this, as I had the same issue. Repaired permissions and restarted and now all is well.
::Most grateful 🙂
I have the same problem. I dont the restarting or repairing permissions is a permanent solution, as for me it fixes it fora time, and then the problem restarts. I just upgraded to a new MBP Retina with ML preloaded - same problem. I think there is something triggered, perhaps by a third party - someone suggest using Chrome changes the mail defaults, but I have deleted Chrome and still the problem.. firefox maybe?
Thank you! I had the same issue (update to ML and since then no attachments could be sent from within the Office 2011 applications) and I can confirm that repairing permissions indeed does the trick. Remember to restart though, else it will not work. Thanks, this was really bothering me for some time.
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