Mac MS Word SendTo to Default to Gmail

[Craig Lambie]

Hi Mac & Gmail users,

Hoping you might be able to help me here, I would like the Send To link in Word to automatically create Gmail message and attached the Word Document when I click it.

I have followed the instructions as per this post, however it doesn't seem to work still?
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11473356

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks

C 
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Craig

[Sarah Hill]

from the developer@s blog:

"People with Offline Gmail enabled: The Gmail Notifier will not work with offline Gmail enabled..."

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[Sarah Hill]

To the best of my knowledge it is not possible to use Gmail directly with applications such as MS Word. (The process you referred to works for 'mailto:' links on webpages; but not with MS Word)
You can however use a mail clIent like Apple mail (or Thunderbird etc.) to send and receive your Gmail by using IMAP. You should be able to send attachments with Gmail (through Apple mail or other client) this way, with the exception of executable files and attachments over 25MB.

You would need to turn on IMAP in Gmail settings and configure your mail client. If you have a lot of messages in Gmail, it is better to choose not to download everything when you set up IMAP mail client, it can take a very long time, and sometimes fails if there are too many messages.
I don't have enough experience with Macs to give step by step detail or info on any known issues; but if you continue to have difficulty, other gmail users can probably help.

Gmail Help on getting started with IMAP: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=75725&cbid=1dulf50wzrgp2&src=cb&lev=%20answer

Configuring your client - instructions for different clients: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=12806

[Sean Murphy]

    There are lightweight apps that can get around this, a simple search should turn up a few to test out and see if they fit the individual's needs.

[Craig Lambie]

Thanks Sarah,

I have that setup already, I was hoping for a more direct solution, so as not to jump back to Apple mail when this situation arises.

In Word, after I install the Gmail Notifier it actually greys out the "send to" option, which is a bit annoying.

Would be great if it could do all the steps 

- Save Word Doc File

- open a new message in Browser window

- Attach file based on Path, or dropping into the "javascript" drop window....

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Craig

[Marko Vukovic]

On 22 November 2010 11:01, Craig Lambie <ccla...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Mac & Gmail users,

Hoping you might be able to help me here, I would like the Send To link in Word to automatically create Gmail message and attached the Word Document when I click it.

Hi Craig

This is more a Mac question than a Gmail one but anyway...

I don't have MS Word on my Mac (I use OpenOffice) but try open Mail, then Preferences, then change 'Default email reader' to the Gmail notifier.

In my case I use an SSB (site-specific browser), Fluid for my Gmail.

HTH
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[Craig Lambie]

Hi Marko,

Well as much of a Mac question it is, it is really a Gmail question, as I think it is relevant to any OS really.  I personally use Windows, and have the same issue.

I have suggested to my client to use Apple mail IMAP account for the same result, the Fluid thing doesn't work as intended, but was a good add-on for Gmail on the Mac.

Cheers

C

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Craig

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[Marko Vukovic]

On 29 November 2010 03:38, Craig Lambie <ccla...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Marko,

Well as much of a Mac question it is, it is really a Gmail question, as I think it is relevant to any OS really.  I personally use Windows, and have the same issue.

Hi Craig

This is a question of how the OS handles mailto: hyperlinks. It is not specific to Gmail, and the solution is different for each OS.

In Windows, when one installs the notifier, one of the options is for it to change the mailto: association. If this is selected, Ctrl-clicking a mailto hyperlink in MS Word causes the default browser to open with the Gmail compose message window.

One can also change this association under Control Panel->Default Programs->Set Associations, under the protocols section (Win Vista/7).

 

I have suggested to my client to use Apple mail IMAP account for the same result, the Fluid thing doesn't work as intended, but was a good add-on for Gmail on the Mac.

What exactly about 'the Fluid thing' doesn't work? Did you change the preferences in Mail as described? What happens when you Command-click on the hyperlink in Word?

This works for me on OS X 10.6 from OpenOffice, whether setting Gmail notifier or Fluid as default mail reader.

Fluid is a great little app.

If you like it and need icons for your web apps, just Google 'fluid icons'. Here's a couple of links:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/fluid_icons/

http://chris.ivarson.name/goodies/

Chrome also has something called 'Application shortcuts':

"You can create an application shortcut to access Gmail straight from your desktop. Simply go to Gmail while you're using Google Chrome, click the page menu and select 'create application shortcuts.' When you double-click a shortcut icon, it opens in a streamlined window."

Mozilla labs have Prism, https://mozillalabs.com/prism

 

Cheers

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Marko

[Craig Lambie]

Hi Marko,

Sorry I think and I mustn't be explaining myself correctly.

I don't want to change the "mailto:" link, I want the option to "send as an attachment" to work with Gmail...

ie. The not a link, an menu option within the File menu

C

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Craig

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[Zack (Doc)]

Craig,

It *IS* OS dependent, and specifically, it seems (I don't have a MAC to try it on) that MAC has a way, while Windows does not.

The option you're talking about uses the OS's definition of your "default mail client".  GMail isn't technically a mail client, as that implies something installed on your computer; but from this Lifehacker article <http://goo.gl/YME9> it sounds like you can set that in MAC... in Windows you can only change the mailto: handler, which is not the same as "default mail client".  Therefore, the only option is to actually install a mail client, and then use that to access the GMail account, in Windows.  I believe this is due to the fact that Windows probably use API commands to accomplish the menu option you're talking about.  Since GMail is a WebApp, not a local App, the API would have to first start a web browser (which one if you have multiple installed), then start the GMail app within the web browser app (typically that part's easy), then send the commands THROUGH the web browser TO to the webapp.

If you're a master-programmer, I'm sure you could accomplish this, but so far it seems no one with the skills to do this has considered this a real priority.

[Marko Vukovic]

On 29 November 2010 14:38, Craig Lambie <ccla...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Marko,

Sorry I think and I mustn't be explaining myself correctly.

I don't want to change the "mailto:" link, I want the option to "send as an attachment" to work with Gmail...

Oh I see, sorry. The article you linked had this as the topic Applications mailto: using Gmail 

ie. The not a link, an menu option within the File menu

Ok, I cannot find a solution (yet) for OS X. OpenOffice also has this option and also defaults to opening Mail.app.

For windows, see Affixa http://www.affixa.com/

Not to be funny, but as you or your client is using Gmail, why not use Google Docs too?

Cheers

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[Craig Lambie]

Fair enough.

Is a slow moving process to get people across.
Personally I use google docs where possible, generally word is easy to replace, however excel is another animal, I don't think browser based programs will ever replace it, but that might be my high level usage talking.

C

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Craig

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On 1 Dec 2010 03:33, "Marko Vukovic" <marko....@gmail.com> wrote:

On 29 November 2010 14:38, Craig Lambie <ccla...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Marko,

> Sorry I think and I mustn't be explaining myself correctly.

> I don't want to change the "mailto:"...

Oh I see, sorry. The article you linked had this as the topic Applications mailto: using Gmail 

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> ie. The not a link, an menu option within the File menu

Ok, I cannot find a solution (yet) for OS X. OpenOffice also has this option and also defaults to opening Mail.app.

For windows, see Affixa http://www.affixa.com/

Not to be funny, but as you or your client is using Gmail, why not use Google Docs too?

Cheers

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[Marko Vukovic]

On 30 November 2010 23:23, Craig Lambie <cr...@whatwasthat.com.au> wrote:

Fair enough.

Is a slow moving process to get people across.
Personally I use google docs where possible, generally word is easy to replace, however excel is another animal, I don't think browser based programs will ever replace it, but that might be my high level usage talking.

My 2c:

I see Google docs as an extension to my local application (OpenOffice). Sure it is not as powerful (yet) but I can access, send or share my documents from any computer with an internet connection, even from a mobile browser. 

Cheers
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