Introduction Property

Sets or returns the introductory text that is included with a document that is sent using the MsoEnvelope object. The introductory text is included at the top of the document in the e-mail. Read/write String.

expression   Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Example

The following example sends the active Microsoft Word document as an e-mail to the e-mail address that you pass to the subroutine.

Sub SendMail(ByVal strRecipient As String)

    'Use a With...End With block to reference the MsoEnvelope object.
    With Application.ActiveDocument.MailEnvelope

        'Add some introductory text before the body of the e-mail.
        .Introduction = "Please read this and send me your comments."

        'Return a MailItem object that you can use to send the document.
        With .Item

            'All of the mail item settings are saved with the document.
            'When you add a recipient to the Recipients collection
            'or change other properties these settings will persist.

            .Recipients.Add strRecipient
            .Subject = "Here is the document."

            'The body of this message will be
            'the content of the active document.
            .Send
        End With
    End With
End Sub