Word 07 can't make email doc without using attachments

[Jimmy Free]

I just upgraded to Outlook 2007 (office ultimate) from 2002 all on XP. I
used to send out send out multiple press releases every week by email and fax
using Outlook 02. I had word documents for each press release sitting in the
note section of a recurring event in my calendar. A click on the doc would
get me an email ready to go, various fonts and formatting in place on the
copy, blanks to paste in the current event place and time, the bcc field
filled out with a distribution list of local newspapers, radio stations and
radio stations, all of whom have a stated policy of deleting any email they
receive with and attachment. My problem is: when I moved to office 07 my
ready to go email is not in email format, looks like a regular text (word)
doc, no email fields no send button, when converted to email doc (using the
email button on the access tool bar) I get a blank email with no distribution
list and my formatted copy as a word attachment, which as I stated is un
useable. We are all told to avoid opening attachments now for at least ten
years. Why would Microsoft decrease the functionality of such a useful
feature?
One work around I thought of is: uninstalling word 07 and reinstalling word
02, leaving Outlook 07 installed. Will Outlook 07 interface properly with
word 02?

 

[Aeneas]

You can easily e-mail the document in the body of an e-mail using Word and
Outlook 2007.

You only have to add the Send to Mail Recipient button one time to the
Quick Access toolbar; you can then send a document as
the body of an e-mail message from Word by clicking this button and filling
in the the address of the recipient, any recipients of copies; change the
contents of the Subject box if you wish; the Introduction field, which can be
left blank.

To add the Send to Mail Recipient Button to the Quick Access Toolbar, do the
following:
Office Button, Office menu, Word Options, Word Options dialog box,
Customize, under Choose commands from, select All Commands, scroll down and
select the Send to Mail Recipient command, Add, OK.