Reply with changes.... another question on this "Wim" <eisingspam[ at ]iafrica.com> 28.08.2006 13:20:35 I know that the "reply with changes" only comes up when the sender has sent it as "Attachment for Review". But most Office users are completely unaware of this very handy Office functionality. Hence I never get any email with attachment with this setting activitated, but I still need to review lots of those documents! Is there no alternative (e.g. external plug-in on the internet by some creative programmer / Outlook lover) that would allow me to easily reply to the mail with the revised doc attached? Wim Durban Office 2003 WXP-SP2

Re: Reply with changes.... another question on this "Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb[ at ]1x2y3z.xnw> 30.08.2006 23:55:35 This isn't exactly what you want, but it works. When you open a Word document that's an email attachment by double-clicking it, make changes, then save/close the document, those changes are saved in the email's copy of the attachment. If you then click Reply, it won't include the attachment. However, if you click Forward, it does include the changed attachment. You can change FW to RE if you want to avoid confusing your correspondent (unless you're forwarding it to a 3rd party, in which case FW is fine). I often use this technique. I also save the attachment to a non-temporary location, so that I'll have it where I'd ordinarily expect to find it; I also have a copy of the changed file as a attachment to that message in my Sent items, as well. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Wim" <eisingspam[ at ]iafrica.com> wrote in message news:1156771235.838021.103170[ at ]h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] >I know that the "reply with changes" only comes up when the sender has > sent it as "Attachment for Review". But most Office users are > completely unaware of this very handy Office functionality. Hence I > never get any email with attachment with this setting activitated, but > I still need to review lots of those documents! Is there no alternative > (e.g. external plug-in on the internet by some creative programmer / > Outlook lover) that would allow me to easily reply to the mail with the > revised doc attached? > > Wim > Durban > Office 2003 > WXP-SP2 >

Re: Reply with changes.... another question on this "Wim" <eisingspam[ at ]iafrica.com> 31.08.2006 08:33:48 Thanks for this reply. Looks helpful. I still think it is strange that a more "formal" function for this is not available in Office.... Wim Herb Tyson [MVP] wrote: [Quoted Text] > This isn't exactly what you want, but it works. > > When you open a Word document that's an email attachment by double-clicking > it, make changes, then save/close the document, those changes are saved in > the email's copy of the attachment. If you then click Reply, it won't > include the attachment. However, if you click Forward, it does include the > changed attachment. You can change FW to RE if you want to avoid confusing > your correspondent (unless you're forwarding it to a 3rd party, in which > case FW is fine). > > I often use this technique. I also save the attachment to a non-temporary > location, so that I'll have it where I'd ordinarily expect to find it; I > also have a copy of the changed file as a attachment to that message in my > Sent items, as well. > > -- > Herb Tyson MS MVP > http://www.herbtyson.com > Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. > "Wim" <eisingspam[ at ]iafrica.com> wrote in message > news:1156771235.838021.103170[ at ]h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > >I know that the "reply with changes" only comes up when the sender has > > sent it as "Attachment for Review". But most Office users are > > completely unaware of this very handy Office functionality. Hence I > > never get any email with attachment with this setting activitated, but > > I still need to review lots of those documents! Is there no alternative > > (e.g. external plug-in on the internet by some creative programmer / > > Outlook lover) that would allow me to easily reply to the mail with the > > revised doc attached? > > > > Wim > > Durban > > Office 2003 > > WXP-SP2 > >