Email as an attachment

Training Home Google Apps Education Mail Calendar Docs Sites Other Tools Module 4: Docs > Chapter 2: Sharing, Privacy, Printing & Publishing Table of Contents Previous Chapter: Introduction to Google Docs » Chapter 2: Sharing, Privacy, Printing & Publishing Online collaboration Share and access docs in your school Share docs outside your school Share and access docs with groups Shared collections with individuals and groups Advanced sharing permissions Email docs as attachments » Email as attachment Email contents of document Publish docs to the web Embed docs into a blog or website Print options Next Chapter: Documents In addition to sharing an online, live version of a document, spreadsheet, presentation, or drawing with other Apps users, you can also send an email attachment to anyone in the world directly from Google Docs with a formatted attachment of your document. This can be handy for those that may not have access to a reliable internet connection or those that do not have school Apps accounts. To send your document as an attachment, follow these steps: Click the Share drop-down menu, and select Email as attachment... Select a file type from the drop-down menu:  Documents: Microsoft Word, Open Office, PDF, HTML, Rich Text, or Plain Text.  Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel, Open Office, or PDF (Please note: embedded objects such as charts, gadgets, and images may be lost when sending spreadsheets as attachments)  Presentations: PDF, Power Point, or Plain Text Enter an email address.  If you'd like, you can also add a subject and a message. You can even send a copy to yourself by checking the box. Click Send.   People to whom you're emailing this doc will receive it as a downloadable attachment in the file format you selected.  Although the file sent as an email attachment is editable offline by each recipient, these edits won't be reflected in the original Google document or spreadsheet