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Other users with the similar setup are able to use word normally
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I concur with tgtran - word has to same version as outlook for that functionality to work.
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I have Office XP and Outlook 2003 installed , I am unable to use word as a default email editor. Within outlook, the option to use Word as the default editor is greyed out. <br />

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I have Office XP and Outlook 2003 installed , I am unable to use word as a default email editor. Within outlook, the option to use Word as the default editor is greyed out. 


Other users with the similar setup are able to use word normally

I concur with tgtran - word has to same version as outlook for that functionality to work.

&quot;Use word as the Default Email Editor &quot;option greyed out

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.

Outlook

Microsoft Word is a commercial document editing program that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. It features numerous text-editing tools for creating richly formatted documents, along with tools for the use of macros in Word documents. Word's native file formats are denoted either by a .doc or .docx file extension. Plugins permitting the Windows versions of Word to read and write formats it does not natively support, such as the OpenDocument format (ODF) are available. Word can import and display images in common bitmap formats such as JPG and GIF. It can also be used to create and display simple line-art.