Add Outlook to Share Menu (Extensions), for Mac
Have Outlook added to the 'share' menu (under Extensions) in System Preferences. It's time-consuming, and annoying to constantly have to drag files to Outlook — as opposed to being able to sending them via Outlook under the 'share' option. This is a must for businesses, that email a lot of attachments. Thanks.
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Anonymous
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yes, I can only share to Mac mail, which I am trying not to use and depend on outlook, but I can share, and its a drag.
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Anonymous
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Please add this. I need to be able to email through Outlook from Preview. This is such a pain.
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Sharlene Potter
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I have been using Mac forever now and will probably be switching back. Apple just doesnt work the way it should with Microsoft
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Anonymous
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I wonder if David Ellis can give me the steps to automate the workflow so I can email something from Preview through Outlook? That would be great! Thank you
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Anonymous
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It appeares under share preference, but it comes grayed out and acutally sharing doesn't work!
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Lance Hogan
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Thank you David Ellis. Even though it is a simple task to drag the files to a new Outlook Email, this is going to save so much time.
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Juan Moreno
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Thanks so much David Ellis.
This is a great tool for fresh IT techies on Mac computers.
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Jan Reber
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And gmail! Not everyone (no one I personally know, in fact) uses Apple Mail. We have our own preferences and should be able to share via that route!
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Nick Henderson
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I'm a freelance writer and I use Apple's Pages. I like the "Send copy to" feature as it would export to any format I needed and sent it via email. It won't work with Outlook because it doesn't have a share extension. I created a folder action that watches a folder and runs an AppleScript (Thank You David Ellis!) to attach the exported file to an Outlook message, then moves the exported file to the trash.
This way, when I want to email copy to my editor in Word docx format I just export it to a certain folder that the folder action watches. It opens up an Outlook compose window with the file attached.
It's a bit kludgy but it works and is a bit quicker than having to export into Word format, then manually attach that file to an email. -
David Ellis
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In MAC application Automator:
1. create a new: Service (File->new->Service) or select
Quick Action (File->new->Quick Action) (depends on what Mac OS version you have)2. At the top right, make sure you select that the "Services/Workflow receives current" is set to selected ‘Files or folders’ in ‘Finder’.
3. From the left Action menu, search for Run Applescript and drag that to the window on the right. (it is under Utilities in MAC Catalina OS)
4. For the script insert (copy & paste):on run {input, parameters}
set SelectedItems to inputtell application "Microsoft Outlook"
set newMessage to make new outgoing message
tell newMessage
repeat with aFile in SelectedItems
make new attachment with properties {file:aFile}
end repeat
end tell
open newMessage
get newMessage
activate
end tell
return input
end run5. Then save the service (File->Save). The name of the file will be the name in the Finder right-click menu! (I used: ‘Attach to Outlook e-mail.workflow’)
6. Done.
When you go to Finder, select one or more files, and then right-click. Go to "Services" and should see ‘Attach to Outlook e-mail’ within that sub-menu.
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Stefano Panariti
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I have Mojave and I cannot visualise it either.
I personally use as a valuable walk-around option to right-click on the file I want to share, click on "Open With" and then select Outlook between the available options.
Mac will open a mail window with the selected file attached using the default email account you have previously selected by the canonical procedure Outlook/ Preferences/ Accounts.
Although this option does not solve the issue, hopefully, will facilitate someone's work.
Cheers! -
Philip Griffiths
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Open Mac Mail, in Preferences > General set default Mail program as Outlook instead of Apple Mail. This worked for me.
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Jeremy Eisenman
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I am exhausted with this! Please fix. I need this 50 times a day in my role. I review documents and then need to quickly send them to other. It would be a single click. Instead, I have to open a new email in Outlook and then find the file on my hard drive. This has been open for several years. If the idea is that I should switch to a WindowsOS that is a non-starter and poor business.
Respectuflly. Jeremy
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Matt P
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Why it isn't there is the same reason that you can't hit friggin ESC to close a **** email message.
That reason would be that Microsoft just plain sucks.
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Daniel Eberhardt
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You can do this with some apps (i.e. Safari) today. So its third party application depending not MS outlook, I would say.
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td
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couldn't agree more, makes me want to switch my exchange to mail.app
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Anonymous
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has Microsoft/apple figured out a fix/update for this? other Microsoft apps in apple have this ability, seems like it just needs to be an update in the app.
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Anonymous
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Oh come on, this is a huge problem for me. Having just moved from a PC these small problems cause me so much grief. Please MS/Apple fix this ASAP.
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Anonymous
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completely agree. This is a MAC issue and needs immediate attention! I should be able to use my workplace PC then at home log into Outlook (on MAC) to find the same configurations and options! this is 2019. Get onto it!
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Robert Corder
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Why is everyone slamming MS - this is clearly a Mac issue
