Hi,
SYMPTOMS
When you use Microsoft Word 2002 as your e-mail editor in Outlook 2002,
both the Stationery and Signature options that you select are not applied
to your currently open message.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because you changed your stationery and signature in
the global e-mail editor options by clicking the Options button on the
toolbar, and then clicking the Stationery and the Signature options in your
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) message.
When you make changes in the global e-mail editor, these changes apply to
all new messages, but do not change the stationery theme or signature for
your currently open message.
WORKAROUND
Use the following work around to change the stationery for your open
message:
In the open message, click Theme on the Format menu.
Click the theme that you want, and then click OK.
If a default signature has been inserted, you can change it by
right-clicking the signature, and then clicking the signature that you
want. If there is no signature in the message, then you must change the
global settings, and create a new message. To do this:
With the message open, click Options on the Tools menu.
On the General tab, click E-mail Options.
On the E-mail Signature tab, create your signatures, and then click the
default e-mail signature.
On the Personal Stationery tab, click the default theme and fonts.
Click OK twice.
Close the message, and then open a new message.
For Further Information : Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 281419
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281419
OL97: How to Enable or Disable Word as Your Default E-mail Editor
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This article was previously published under Q253843
SUMMARY
This article describes how to turn Microsoft Word on or off as the default
e-mail editor in Outlook 97.
MORE INFORMATION
To use Word as your e-mail editor, you must have at least 16 megabytes (MB)
of available memory.
To check your available memory:
On the Help menu, click About Microsoft Outlook.
Click System Info.
In the System Information window, click the System Summary folder.
You see Total Physical Memory Available in the right pane.
To enable or disable Word as your default e-mail editor:
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the E-mail tab.
Click to select or clear the Use Microsoft Word as the e-mail editor check
box.
If you are running the Office 97 SR-1 or SR-2 updates, you have an
additional option on your Tools menu that allows you to quickly switch
between editor modes.
To switch editor modes in these versions of Outlook, click the Tools menu,
and then click Use Word As the E-mail Editor. A check mark is present when
this feature is active and not present when it is not active.
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 253843
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;253843
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Thank you...
Raghu...
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