Re: Creating emails from Word

[Neil Houghton]

Hi Rob,

AFAIK the 'No services apply' message is due to SL¹s improved handling of
services ­ previously all the services would show but non-applicable ones
would be greyed out ­ now only applicable ones will show.

If you want to see real service options in Entourage, for example, first
select some text (eg a sentence or paragraph) and then go to the Services
menu under the Entourage menu ­ the options showing (for me) include:

* Make new sticky note
* Look up in Dictionary
* Search with Google
* New email with selection
* New note with selection

Your options may vary, depending what other applications you have installed.

I must admit, I rarely used ³services² in the past - but I am now starting
to find a few more uses for them.


Cheers



Neil
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on 14/6/10 9:15 AM, Rob Phillips at r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au wrote:

> Thanks, Peter.
> 
> Opening Mail and changing my default email app to Entourage worked.
> 
> The 'No services apply' message is still present no matter which App I use.
> Just one of those mysteries, I suppose.  I never use it anyway!
> 
> Rob
> 
> On 14/06/10 8:53 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
>> 
>>  
>>  
>> On 12/06/2010, at 9:48 PM, Rob Phillips wrote:
>>  
>>  
>>>  
>>> I'm not sure if this is one problem or two (or more...)
>>>  
>>> I occasionally do mail merges from M$ Word to email. For the last month or
>>> more I've been unable to do this.  In the meantime, I've upgraded to Snow
>>> Leopard, and from MS Office 2004 to 2008.
>>>  
>>> I can do mail merges to file or to printer, but the 'merge to email' button
>>> is greyed out.
>>>  
>>> Looking into it a bit more, I've been trying some other things without
>>> success.
>>>  
>>> * Using the Word File menu to 'Send to' email, but the option to 'Mail
>>> recipient (as attachment)' is greyed out.
>>> * This may not be related, but when I look under the Services menu under
>>> application's menu, a greyed out message 'No services apply' appears.
>>> Of course, normal email works (assuming you get this :-), but the
>>> communication between programs seems to have failed.
>>>  
>>> My normal email program is Thunderbird 3, but I also use Entourage 2008 for
>>> work calendars.
>>>  
>>> Any ideas?
>>>  
>>> Rob
>>>  
>>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> 
>>  
>>  
>> The Send To option works fine on my system, but I use Mail as my default
>> email client. It's possible that Thunderbird is not a recognised email client
>> for Word 2008 to use. As far as as Services menu goes, I suspect that's
>> because Word 2008 is still a Carbon application and probably not written to
>> support the Snow Leopard Services structure correctly.
>>  
>> 
>>  
>>  
>> Try setting your default email client to Mail or Entourage temporarily and
>> see if things change.
>>  
>> 
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
>>  
>> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
>> Perth, Western Australia
>> Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948
>> 
>> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.



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Re: Creating emails from Word

[Rob Phillips]

Thanks, Peter.

Opening Mail and changing my default email app to Entourage worked.

The 'No services apply' message is still present no matter which App I
use.  Just one of those mysteries, I suppose.  I never use it anyway!

Rob

On 14/06/10 8:53 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

  
  On 12/06/2010, at 9:48 PM, Rob Phillips wrote:
  
  
I'm not sure if this is one
problem or two (or more...)

I occasionally do mail merges from M$ Word to email. For the last month
or more I've been unable to do this.  In the meantime, I've upgraded to
Snow Leopard, and from MS Office 2004 to 2008.

I can do mail merges to file or to printer, but the 'merge to email'
button is greyed out.

Looking into it a bit more, I've been trying some other things without
success.

  Using the Word File menu to 'Send to' email, but the option
to
'Mail recipient (as attachment)' is greyed out.
  This may not be related, but when I look under the Services
menu
under application's menu, a greyed out message 'No services apply'
appears.

Of course, normal email works (assuming you get this :-), but the
communication between programs seems to have failed.

My normal email program is Thunderbird 3, but I also use Entourage 2008
for work calendars.

Any ideas?

Rob

  
  
  
  
  
  The Send To option works fine on my system, but I use Mail as my
default email client. It's possible that Thunderbird is not a
recognised email client for Word 2008 to use. As far as as Services
menu goes, I suspect that's because Word 2008 is still a Carbon
application and probably not written to support the Snow Leopard
Services structure correctly.
  
  
  Try setting your default email client to Mail or Entourage
temporarily and see if things change.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Peter Hinchliffe    Apwin Computer Services
  FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482    Mob 0403 064 948

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Re: Creating emails from Word

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 12/06/2010, at 9:48 PM, Rob Phillips wrote:

> I'm not sure if this is one problem or two (or more...)
> 
> I occasionally do mail merges from M$ Word to email. For the last month or 
> more I've been unable to do this.  In the meantime, I've upgraded to Snow 
> Leopard, and from MS Office 2004 to 2008.
> 
> I can do mail merges to file or to printer, but the 'merge to email' button 
> is greyed out.
> 
> Looking into it a bit more, I've been trying some other things without 
> success.
> Using the Word File menu to 'Send to' email, but the option to 'Mail 
> recipient (as attachment)' is greyed out.
> This may not be related, but when I look under the Services menu under 
> application's menu, a greyed out message 'No services apply' appears.
> Of course, normal email works (assuming you get this :-), but the 
> communication between programs seems to have failed.
> 
> My normal email program is Thunderbird 3, but I also use Entourage 2008 for 
> work calendars.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Rob


The Send To option works fine on my system, but I use Mail as my default email 
client. It's possible that Thunderbird is not a recognised email client for 
Word 2008 to use. As far as as Services menu goes, I suspect that's because 
Word 2008 is still a Carbon application and probably not written to support the 
Snow Leopard Services structure correctly.

Try setting your default email client to Mail or Entourage temporarily and see 
if things change.


Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.



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