OL2002: Keywords in a Word Document Become Outlook Categories When You Post Messages to an Outlook Folder (278186)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
This article was previously published under Q278186

SYMPTOMS

When you post a Microsoft Word document that contains keywords to an Outlook folder, the keywords become Outlook Categories.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Word has a Category field, but the contents are not transferred to Outlook.

For example, if you create a Word document with the following keywords

Red, Green, Blue, Yellow

and you click Send To on the File menu, and then click Exchange Folder to post the item to an e-mail folder. When you right-click the message, and then click Categories, the categories Red, Green, Blue and Yellow are associated with the message.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/27/2006
Keywords:kbbug KB278186
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