Writer provides the option send under the file menu. There one can select: send document as microsoft word file in an email. Here a .doc file is generated instead of the now common .docx . The .doc format is falling into disuse, and might be supported by less programs than the ubiquitous docx file format.
It's the same for Calc and Impress> xls/xlsx, ppt/pptx Setting as new enhancement - make it configurable.
Samuel Mehrbrodt committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/bbf5c85c2affa47fe0f6674dd0ee8ccc55446769%5E%21 tdf#99122 Send as email: prefer ooxml formats It will be available in 6.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
*** Bug 86920 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***