Unusual behaviour opening Word attachment from Outlook 2003 SP2

[Guest]

Hi,

I have a Word document as an attachment in an email message. The Word
document is in Landscape, not portrait, page layout. When I open the
attachment by double-clicking the attachment name from within the Outlook
message, I get the usual warning to open or save the attachment. If I select
'open', the Word document is not displayed properly. It appears in portrait
layout and the 'Page Setup' command is disabled within Word.

However, if I open the attachment, then choose to save the document to my
computer, then open it, it displays in the original landscape layout, and the
page setup command is enabled.

Has anyone else encountered this issue? I have searched the Knowledge base
to no avail.

Regards,

James

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

are you using the reading layout?
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041122.htm

 

[Guest]

Yes, I am.

are you using the reading layout?
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041122.htm

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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Hi,

I have a Word document as an attachment in an email message. The Word
document is in Landscape, not portrait, page layout. When I open the
attachment by double-clicking the attachment name from within the Outlook
message, I get the usual warning to open or save the attachment. If I
select
'open', the Word document is not displayed properly. It appears in
portrait
layout and the 'Page Setup' command is disabled within Word.

However, if I open the attachment, then choose to save the document to my
computer, then open it, it displays in the original landscape layout, and
the
page setup command is enabled.

Has anyone else encountered this issue? I have searched the Knowledge base
to no avail.

Regards,

James