HT5395 Send as SMS on Messages for OSX

Is there any way to 'Send as SMS' from messages for Mac as there is on iPhone? I have a number of contacts that messages detects as iMessage but is unable to send. A popup advises that the recipient is not set up for iMessage, but no option is given to send as an SMS, resulting is me having to do it from my phone.

On your iPhone under Settings turn on Send as SMS (when iMessage isn't available).
The following is from the Messages Help file:
To make and receive SMS and MMS messages on your Mac, you need an iPhone with iOS 8 that’s signed into iMessage with the same Apple ID. To send an SMS message, enter a contact or a person’s phone number, enter your text, then press Return. Your SMS and MMS messages appear on your Mac automatically.

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