Send Files Directly From Microsoft Office Using YouSendIt
So you have created a document that you want to send across to your friends or colleagues, but why waste time opening up your email program, attaching the file and then sending the email to the recipients you want to?
YouSendIt a service that allows you to send large files as email attachments, albeit they don’t exactly attach a file but just include a link to the uploaded file stored on their servers, making it easier for anyone to download the files without being limited to the mail server limit of 20MB attachment size.
Though YouSendIt is a online service, they have made quite a few applications that allow you to send files from your desktop, a Microsoft outlook add-in that allows you to easily send large files, the latest application they are providing is pretty useful since it will allow users to directly send files from within Microsoft Office documents.
Once you have clicked on the Send by YouSendIt link in the menu it will launch the YouSendIt Express program using which you can send the document to people you want to share it.
To start using YouSendIt from Microsoft Office you will have to sign up for a free account, using which you can attach and send files up-to 2GB.
Author: Keith Dsouza
I am the editor-in-chief and owner of Techie Buzz. I love coding and have contributed to several open source projects in the past. You can know more about me and my projects by visiting my Personal Website.I am also a social networking enthusiast and can be found active on twitter, you can follow Keith on twitter @keithdsouza. You can click on my name to visit my Google+ profile.Keith Dsouza has written 4376 articles for us.
The author of this post can be contacted at keith@techie-buzz.comComment Using Facebook
3 Responses to this Article | Share your Opinions/Comments
We moderate comments to prevent spam. Moderation is done within few hours. Please try and stay on topic and refrain from using abusive language. If you think there is a problem with this post, please email the post author or send us an email at tips@techie-buzz.com with the URL and the problem you see and we will rectify it as soon as we can.
2GB limit? I wonder how long it would take to get the file sent through. Anyway, this is really useful information. Good that it’s free.
Cool application. Is it compatible with OpenOffice at all? Microsoft’s Office offering gets covred very nicely by OpenOffice, and with the increasing popularity of Open Source Software one has to start saying that Microsoft’s business model is fast becoming outdated.
For a while, I’ve been hearing about YouSendIt and similar sites that allow the transfer of large files. However, I’ve wondered how secure those files are. For example, are they encrypted? Do they have measures to prevent unauthorized access? This is especially important for the transfer of highly confidential files. Does anyone know the answers to these questions?