Outlook SP3 and MS Word as your e-mail editor

[Brent]

I've been using Word as my e-mail editor for years with
Outlook by choosing "Use Microsoft Word to edit e-mail
messages" under Tools > Options > Mail Format Tab.

After installing SP3 I get a popup warning saying, "A
program is trying to access e-mail addresses you have
stored in Outlook..." when create a new e-mail. If I
uncheck the option not to use Word as my e-mail editor I
don't get the error. However, I want to use Word. Why
doesn't Outlook trust Word?? It's a MS program! What the
heck??

Does anyone know of a fix. I search for about 45 mins on
the web and couldn't find anything.

 

[ryeish]

I've been using Word as my e-mail editor for years with
Outlook by choosing "Use Microsoft Word to edit e-mail
messages" under Tools > Options > Mail Format Tab.

After installing SP3 I get a popup warning saying, "A
program is trying to access e-mail addresses you have
stored in Outlook..." when create a new e-mail. If I
uncheck the option not to use Word as my e-mail editor I
don't get the error. However, I want to use Word. Why
doesn't Outlook trust Word?? It's a MS program! What the
heck??

Does anyone know of a fix. I search for about 45 mins on
the web and couldn't find anything.

Do you have Acrobat installed, the one that plugs into Word?

I went into options and deselected Word as my default mail editor and
the problem went away. You might also want to read these:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/admin.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2002sp3.htm#problems

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Outlook 2002 SP3 adds additional properties to the list of those that are
affected by the security features. As a result, one of your add-ins needs
updated to the latest version - antispam add-ins are a common cause although
others are affected by the changes as well. Many add-ins were updated following
the release of Outlook 2003 and should work with SP3, if not you'll need to
contact the vendor for a newer version.

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2002sp3.htm#problems has a list of
applications known to trigger the warning.

To learn how to program around the new properties (which is needed for the
macros to work with OL2003 too) see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/sec.htm