MS Word not fully operable as Outlook email editor.

Question

I installed outlook 2003 over top of Office 2002/XP.  While I had originally set Word to be the editor for Outlook email, many of those editing functions are now gone (e.g., auto mispell correction).  When I go to the screen in Outlook (2003) to reset word (2002) asthe editor, the option is to select Word (2003) as editor.  I have Word 2002 not 2003.  In any case, the Word 2003 is grayed out and thus not selectable if I had it installed.  Any thoughts on how I might get Word 2002 back as editor for Outlook 2003?  Thanks.   William

Persson · Answer

Wednesday   Thank you Mary G, I was afraid of that.  I only upgarded Outlook, as the rest of the office suite did not seem to have much of anything new to offer.   William

Mary G · Answer

You cannot do this. The versions must match. Only Word 2003 will work with Outlook 2003. You'll either have to forego using Word as your editor or upgrade Word.

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MS Word not fully operable as Outlook email editor.

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