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Word for Mac File > Share > Send Document Doesn't Work
This just began for me after updating my system to Monterey...not sure if there is a connection or just a coincidence. I'm using Mimestream as my email client.
By the way, I just checked and I'm also getting the same problem in PowerPoint with the "Send PDF" option.
I think that this may be a result of an incomplete implementation of Object Linking or Embedding (OLE) on a Mac. OLE is a Windows feature that lets one program embed (or link) information within another. For example, if you want to link (embed) a .pdf file in an Excel file on a Mac, you can't do it. You can't link an MS Word document in Excel for Mac, but not a .pdf file or any other file as far as I can tell. Whose fault is this - Apple or Microsoft? Decade-old posts on the web claim that Microsoft refuses to release the technical details of OLE to software developers. If this is an OLE problem then I'd say it's Microsoft's fault and good luck in ever getting it fixed for Macs.
I was able to fto fix this by choosing microsoft outlook as my default mail client in the preferences of the apple mac default mail client. Prior to that only send as html was working. After that send as doc aslo started working...I am on Monterey
- THANK YOU!!! I tried everything. I forgot I had tried SPARK and then switched back to Outlook. SPARK was set up as the default even though I deleted the app. Once I changed it back, my file attachments are working.
