Word For Mac Mailmerge Mail Grayed Out

Go through the usual mail merge steps. Note that the email-address does not need to be in the Word message, but I would recommend to have it as a field in the Excel sheet. In the last step the 'generate e-mail messages' option should not be greyed out anymore. A small window pops open. I am trying to use Mail merger on word 2016 using a mac; however, the merge to email field is grayed out. Is there a reason for this? I updated the MSOffice but this is not helping. Any suggestions. Twitter follower Toby Sax is anxious for me to revisit an old Mac 911 column that lays out the steps for creating mail merged documents in Microsoft Word. In a series of tweets Toby writes. A reader who wishes to remain anonymous seeks a way to create form letters with Office 2011. Said reader writes: I am looking for a way to do an e-mail merge using Outlook 2011 (or even Entourage. Jan 27, 2020 I have a user who is having issues using mail merge on her Mac. She has Office 2016 version 16.16.17. She can add a recipient list just fine, but when she goes to select the merge to email option to complete the merge, the option is greyed out.

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(THIS SOLVED MY SAME ISSUE):

JPopGolf replied on

I had this same issue and somehow came upon a thread in this forum that read: 'Unable to Mail an Office Document, option to email is greyed out'

Word For Mac Mail Merge Email Greyed Out In Gmail

and just as Jim Gordon said in this post, somehow (i must have clicked yes to something) my default mail client got switched to my gmail account.

I switched it back (open Mail, then preferences, under the 'general' tab, top of the list is 'default email reader')

then i closed excel, ppt and word.

When i re-opened the programs, I regained the option to send as attachements.

I just have to pay attention to what I click on 😉

Jul 15, 2012 6:58 PM