Microsoft KB Archive/171418

= WD97: Using Word as E-mail Editor in Outlook Changes View in Word =

Article ID: 171418

Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q171418



SYMPTOMS
When the default template in Microsoft Word uses page layout view and Microsoft Outlook uses Word as its e-mail editor, the default view in Word changes to normal view.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do not use Word as the e-mail editor in Outlook. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) In Microsoft Outlook, click Options on the Tools menu.
 * 2) On the E-mail tab, click to clear the "Use Microsoft Word as the e-mail editor" check box, and then click OK.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

159476 WD97: How to Enable, Disable Microsoft Word as the E-Mail Editor



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.

Additional query words: 8.0 ol97

Keywords: kbbug kbinterop kbui KB171418

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