OL2000: How to Enable or Disable Word as Your Default E-mail Editor (253646)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2000

This article was previously published under Q253646

SUMMARY

This article describes how to select Microsoft Word as the default e-mail editor in Outlook.

MORE INFORMATION

To use Word as your e-mail editor, you must have at least 16 megabytes (MB) of memory available.

To check your available memory:
  1. On the Help menu, click About Microsoft Outlook.
  2. Click System Info.
  3. In the System Information window, click the System Summary folder.

    You see Total Physical Memory Available in the right pane.
To turn Word on or off as your default e-mail editor, follow these steps:
  1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Mail Format tab.
  2. Click to select or click to clear the Use Microsoft Word to edit e-mail messages check box.
You can also use Word as your e-mail editor in a single message without changing your default editor.

In the mail message, on the Actions menu, point to New Mail Message Using, and then click Microsoft Word (HTML).

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/29/2003
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