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Hello.


I presently have Outlook configured as the default email client. (Have gone through the stock Apple Mail App to do this) I have rebooted several times and when I am doing up a mail merge document, the actual 'generate email messages' is greyed out meaning I am unable to send a merged email.


Also, when I am in Word or Excel, and go to File 'Share', the options to email are once again greyed out.


Does anyone have any suggestions? I have searched for hours to a solution but have not found any. I did find a couple terminal commands, etc but those did not work either.


I look forward to any and all help here.


Thanks,

Steve

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jul 2, 2016 11:28 PM

FROM THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT SITE:

(THIS SOLVED MY SAME ISSUE):


JPopGolf replied on

I had this same issue and somehow came upon a thread in this forum that read: 'Unable to Mail an Office Document, option to email is greyed out'

Word For Mac Mail Merge Email Greyed Out In Excel


and just as Jim Gordon said in this post, somehow (i must have clicked yes to something) my default mail client got switched to my gmail account.


I switched it back (open Mail, then preferences, under the 'general' tab, top of the list is 'default email reader')

then i closed excel, ppt and word.


When i re-opened the programs, I regained the option to send as attachements.


Mail Merge Email Outlook

I just have to pay attention to what I click on 😉

Word For Mac Mail Merge Mail Grayed Out Of Office

Jul 15, 2012 6:58 PM