In Microsoft Excel, you can send a section of a workbook as an e-mail message. This article contains sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code that demonstrates how to automate sending a range of cells in an e-mail message.

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The following VBA code sample sends a range of ten cells, A1 through B5, from the currently active workbook to the e-mail address specified in the code:

Sub Send_Range()
   
   ' Select the range of cells on the active worksheet.
   ActiveSheet.Range("A1:B5").Select
   
   ' Show the envelope on the ActiveWorkbook.
   ActiveWorkbook.EnvelopeVisible = True
   
   ' Set the optional introduction field thats adds
   ' some header text to the email body. It also sets
   ' the To and Subject lines. Finally the message
   ' is sent.
   With ActiveSheet.MailEnvelope
      .Introduction = "This is a sample worksheet."
      .Item.To = "E-Mail_Address_Here"
      .Item.Subject = "My subject"
      .Item.Send
   End With
End Sub

Note This code only works with Microsoft Outlook. It does not work with any version of Microsoft Outlook Express.
Replace E-Mail_Address_Here with the e-mail address that you want to send the range to.

Note Item.Send in the code triggers an Outlook security warning to display the following message: Click Yes to allow the mail to be sent.

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