Outlook E-Mail Editor Gone in Word 2007
Applies to: Word 2007
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In Outlook 2007 we are "forced" to use Word 2007 as our email editor. According to Outlook 2007's Help:
"The Microsoft Word 2007-based e-mail editor is the only e-mail editor provided in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. The Word 2007 editor is always enabled and cannot be disabled. The Outlook editor is no longer available in Office Outlook 2007."
In Outlook 2003 we are able to uncheck these options.

Those options are now gone in 2007.

This means that when opening a new document in Word we are automatically in "document 2." This may also cause issues with Word Add-ins.
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