Just upgraded to Office 2007 (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Pt ) Windows XP
Some user was having random trouble with a yellow font on received and sent
e-mails and after a search in outlook general quest answered, tried various
fixes. We are watching now to see if OK.

Some answers mentioned the editor, so this leads to my question: what does
it mean it uses Word as editor? Just Spelling, auto-correct, spacing? What
else does Outlook use Word for?

Thanks for your time

if you use Office 2007, the point is moot for the most part - there is only
one editor available when the suite is installed - Word. It gives you the
full features of word - along with spelling and grammar features, you get
all the other menus and features.

If you only install Outlook, some of the features are limited as you need
the full suite for all of the features.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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"dp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Just upgraded to Office 2007 (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Pt ) Windows XP
> Some user was having random trouble with a yellow font on received and
> sent
> e-mails and after a search in outlook general quest answered, tried
> various
> fixes. We are watching now to see if OK.
>
> Some answers mentioned the editor, so this leads to my question: what does
> it mean it uses Word as editor? Just Spelling, auto-correct, spacing?
> What
> else does Outlook use Word for?
>
> Thanks for your time

So a setting in Word's Styles, Themes, Paragraph could affect an Outlook
message? There are some settings in Outlook itself under Tools - are they
just in addition to Word's settings or would one setting override another?

Thanks for your time. Just learning.

dottie

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> if you use Office 2007, the point is moot for the most part - there is only
> one editor available when the suite is installed - Word. It gives you the
> full features of word - along with spelling and grammar features, you get
> all the other menus and features.
>
> If you only install Outlook, some of the features are limited as you need
> the full suite for all of the features.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
>
> Outlook Tips by email:
> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-(E-Mail Removed)
>
> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
> mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-(E-Mail Removed)
>
> Do you sync your mailbox with a smartphone or pda?
> http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=39473
>
> "dp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:F0A92E04-08AD-40E0-AC9C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Just upgraded to Office 2007 (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Pt ) Windows XP
> > Some user was having random trouble with a yellow font on received and
> > sent
> > e-mails and after a search in outlook general quest answered, tried
> > various
> > fixes. We are watching now to see if OK.
> >
> > Some answers mentioned the editor, so this leads to my question: what does
> > it mean it uses Word as editor? Just Spelling, auto-correct, spacing?
> > What
> > else does Outlook use Word for?
> >
> > Thanks for your time
>
> .
>

Some settings are shared, some are not. Outlook has its own dotxtemplate, so
while you can set themes in Outlook, ones you set in Word won't affect
email.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:dailytips-subscribe-(E-Mail Removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-(E-Mail Removed)

Do you sync your mailbox with a smartphone or pda?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=39473

"dp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:563E8C1C-4DCC-4CF1-B2D5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> So a setting in Word's Styles, Themes, Paragraph could affect an Outlook
> message? There are some settings in Outlook itself under Tools - are they
> just in addition to Word's settings or would one setting override another?
>
> Thanks for your time. Just learning.
>
> dottie
>
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> if you use Office 2007, the point is moot for the most part - there is
>> only
>> one editor available when the suite is installed - Word. It gives you the
>> full features of word - along with spelling and grammar features, you get
>> all the other menus and features.
>>
>> If you only install Outlook, some of the features are limited as you need
>> the full suite for all of the features.
>>
>> --
>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
>> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
>>
>> Outlook Tips by email:
>> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-(E-Mail Removed)
>>
>> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
>> mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-(E-Mail Removed)
>>
>> Do you sync your mailbox with a smartphone or pda?
>> http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=39473
>>
>> "dp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:F0A92E04-08AD-40E0-AC9C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Just upgraded to Office 2007 (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Pt ) Windows
>> > XP
>> > Some user was having random trouble with a yellow font on received and
>> > sent
>> > e-mails and after a search in outlook general quest answered, tried
>> > various
>> > fixes. We are watching now to see if OK.
>> >
>> > Some answers mentioned the editor, so this leads to my question: what
>> > does
>> > it mean it uses Word as editor? Just Spelling, auto-correct, spacing?
>> > What
>> > else does Outlook use Word for?
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time
>>
>> .
>>

dp wrote:

> Just upgraded to Office 2007 (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Pt ) Windows XP
> ... what does it mean it uses Word as editor? Just Spelling,
> auto-correct, spacing? What else does Outlook use Word for?

Outlook versions prior to 2007 allowed the user to choose between using the
new-mail editor embedded in Outlook or to use Word as the new-mail editor.
Outlook 2007 only uses Word for its new-mail editor. A stub of Word is
included in the install of Outlook (unless, of course, you also install
Word as part of MS Office).

"Outlook 2007 uses only Word as the e-mail editor"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933793