send to -> email file as pdf attachment

[maglite]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

In office 2007, there is a send to -> email file as PDF attachment when working on e.g. a spreadsheet, word document etc. In Word for Mac 2008 the only option that exists is a send to -> email as attachment.

Are there any add ons or 3rd party products that will embed into the office engine to replicate this functionality?

thanks

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Hi Maglite,

There are a couple options:

#1, 2008 only: The Standard version has this as a Sample Automator
Workflow under the Script menu in Word--send PDF in Entourage. For Home
and Student, you'd have to get the Office automator actions from
somewhere, install them, and then create your own workflow.

#2, worked in Word 2004, haven't tested in Office 2008, but this is
built into the OS, so should work--you can set up the built-in Print to
PDF menu to have a shortcut to attach the doc to an Entourage message.
Put an *alias* to the Entourage program into [username]/Library/PDF
Services.

 

[maglite]

Hi Maglite,

There are a couple options:

#1, 2008 only: The Standard version has this as a Sample Automator
Workflow under the Script menu in Word--send PDF in Entourage. For Home
and Student, you'd have to get the Office automator actions from
somewhere, install them, and then create your own workflow.

#2, worked in Word 2004, haven't tested in Office 2008, but this is
built into the OS, so should work--you can set up the built-in Print to
PDF menu to have a shortcut to attach the doc to an Entourage message.
Put an *alias* to the Entourage program into [username]/Library/PDF
Services.

# thanks for that. can i do the same with the automator to make this work in Mac mail?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

# thanks for that. can i do the same with the automator to make this work in Mac mail?

Option 2 is already set up for Mail. File | Print and select Mail PDF
from the dropdown PDF menu.

If you doubleclick the workflow at [username]ocuments:Microsoft User
Data:Word Script Menu Items:Sample Automator Workflows:Send a PDF
version in an Entourage message\scw.workflow, it will open in Automator.
Do a Save As to resave it as something else, then edit that copy of it.

You ought to be able to delete steps 5 and 6 that send the PDF to
Entourage and replace them with automator actions that call on Mail
instead. But for more help with automating Mail, you should ask in
Apple's forums:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1223
or check Help on using Automator.