How do I tell MS Word to email using GMail and NOT Outlook?

Question

When you have a document open and select Send, Email as attachment, MS Word defaults to Outlook. I have not used Outlook for a long time and I have changed all my default email clients to be GMail. However, I can't find where to do it for MS Word. Can anyone please help me with this? Please do not tell me to open my Gmail and attach the document. I know how to do that. I want to be able to email directly from within Word.

Answer 1

Have you tried to change the email default in your Windows? You can try this by clicking on your Windows icon, search for "choose a default email app", the result should appear under section "Settings", not "Web results". After that, you will see "Email" on the top row, click on it to choose your preference (you will see Outlook and Google Chrome).

Hope that helps!