Change the default email client
Change the default email client
I have both Openoffice and Neooffice for my MBP. In Neo, if I click to email the current document Outlook (my default) opens and the document is properly attached. In OO, Apple Mail launches. I know that Outlook is set as my default mail program and nothing I do seems to change it with OO. The newer versions of OO seem to respond a little quicker than Neo but I need everything to use the same mail program.
OOo 3.3.X on Mac OSx Leopard
Re: Change the default email client
Did you set your email client in OOo preferences?
On the Menu bar go to: "OpenOffice.org/Preferences/Internet/Email" and set your email client.
On the Menu bar go to: "OpenOffice.org/Preferences/Internet/Email" and set your email client.
Larry I. Gusaas
Moose Jaw, SK Canada
Website: http://larry-gusaas.com
"An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." Edgard Varese
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.14 — MacBook Air (M1)—macOS Ver.13.5 Ventura
Moose Jaw, SK Canada
Website: http://larry-gusaas.com
"An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." Edgard Varese
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.14 — MacBook Air (M1)—macOS Ver.13.5 Ventura
Re: Change the default email client
Yes, I tried that. The default is to leave it empty. I can browse and select another email client in /Applications but then it complains that the system has no properly configured email client. I read through the documentation and it looks like that was put there to select the client in linux. Windows defaults to the default client and there is a way to change that by modifying a help application NOT using the menu choice. The documentation that I was reading probably predated the mac version of OO and it did not mention it.
Again, Neo correctly picks the system default so it seems like this should not be hard to find.
Again, Neo correctly picks the system default so it seems like this should not be hard to find.
OOo 3.3.X on Mac OSx Leopard
Re: Change the default email client
Dear Igusaas,
No problem navigating OO/Preferences/Internet/Email. But on "Sending documents as email attachments" panel, I have no idea what to enter in the "Email program" rectangle. I would like to use Comcast mail, but my iMac defaults to Apple Mail which I do not like. How do I select Comcast mail as my default email ?
OSX 10.14.5 AOO 4.1.6
No problem navigating OO/Preferences/Internet/Email. But on "Sending documents as email attachments" panel, I have no idea what to enter in the "Email program" rectangle. I would like to use Comcast mail, but my iMac defaults to Apple Mail which I do not like. How do I select Comcast mail as my default email ?
OSX 10.14.5 AOO 4.1.6
OpenOffice 4.1.5 and FireFox 60.0.1 on MacOS 10.13.4
Re: Change the default email client
Quite simply you can't. This is a limitation of OpenOffice, and I believe, LibreOffice.
They do not have the protocols encoded in order to use an online e-mail client.
If you want to use that option, then you have to have an e-mail client installed on your computer (eg: Thunderbird).
The only alternative, staying with Open/LibreOffice, that I know of, is:
1) Save your file to your hard drive (saving to a USB drive is not recommended)
2) Open your online e-mail client.
3) Start to compose a new e-mail in the client
4) Attach the file you saved to the new e-mail
5) Send the e-mail with the attachment,
They do not have the protocols encoded in order to use an online e-mail client.
If you want to use that option, then you have to have an e-mail client installed on your computer (eg: Thunderbird).
The only alternative, staying with Open/LibreOffice, that I know of, is:
1) Save your file to your hard drive (saving to a USB drive is not recommended)
2) Open your online e-mail client.
3) Start to compose a new e-mail in the client
4) Attach the file you saved to the new e-mail
5) Send the e-mail with the attachment,
OpenOffice 4.1.7, LibreOffice 7.0.1.2 on Windows 7 Pro, Ultimate & Windows 10 Home (2004)
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