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From: JGreg7 on 26 Feb 2010 12:00
I checked, there is only the MS Office 2007 suite - no separate entry for
Outlook.

What I am really trying to acheive is the functionality I had in Office
2003. I have many custom dictionary entries, autocorrect and autotext items
that I have moved over to Word 2007, and they work normally there. I would
also like to use these same entries in Outlook.

When I open a new e-mail in Outlook, the "Quick Parts" is empty, and the
menu items are grayed out. I can add entries and they show up saved in the
NormalMail.dotm template. Outlook should be able to pull these items from
the Word template like it does in Office 2003.

I do not want to have to duplicate every custom dictionary, autocorrect and
autotext entry in Word and Outlook.

How can I fix this?
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Thank you,
John Gregory


"Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> "JGreg7" <JGreg7(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:83A559C3-6626-45E4-B0FD-AA10D375D560(a)microsoft.com...
>
> > Our IT group installed it at one time (single installation), so I would
> > assume so.
>
> Use your Add/Remove Programs Control Panel entry to see. If you see separate
> entries for Office and for Outlook, then they were not installed fromthe same
> suite and you may have problems with the integration between Outlook and Word.
>
> > Is there a way to restore the menu ribbon from being grayed out?
>
> The menu ribbon? I don't understand what you mean by that.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
> .
>
From: JGreg7 on 26 Feb 2010 12:06
I am not sure how to tell if it is activated. Office 2003 you could look on
the help menu - about, but that feature does not seem to be in Office 2007.

The office programs however seem to work normally except for the quick parts
issues in outlook. No reminder messages.
--
Thank you,
John Gregory


"Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert" wrote:

> On 2/25/2010 3:14 PM, JGreg7 wrote:
> > Our IT group installed it at one time (single installation), so I would
> > assume so.
> >
> > Is there a way to restore the menu ribbon from being grayed out?
> >
> This to me sounds like a deactivated product.
>
> Try to launch Word and tell us if it is fully activated.
> --
> Leonid S. Knyshov
> Crashproof Solutions
> 510-282-1008
> Twitter: @wiseleo
> http://crashproofsolutions.com
> Microsoft Small Business Specialist
> Please vote "helpful" if I helped you :)
> .
>
From: Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert on 26 Feb 2010 12:08
On 2/26/2010 9:00 AM, JGreg7 wrote:
> I checked, there is only the MS Office 2007 suite - no separate entry for
> Outlook.
>
> What I am really trying to acheive is the functionality I had in Office
> 2003. I have many custom dictionary entries, autocorrect and autotext items
> that I have moved over to Word 2007, and they work normally there. I would
> also like to use these same entries in Outlook.
>
> When I open a new e-mail in Outlook, the "Quick Parts" is empty, and the
> menu items are grayed out. I can add entries and they show up saved in the
> NormalMail.dotm template. Outlook should be able to pull these items from
> the Word template like it does in Office 2003.
>
> I do not want to have to duplicate every custom dictionary, autocorrect and
> autotext entry in Word and Outlook.
>
> How can I fix this?
You may have already done this but...

Tools -> Options -> Mail Format
Tools -> Options -> Spelling (a shortcut to the proofing tab of Mail Format)

It lets you add your custom dictionaries and autocorrect stuff back into
Outlook. Not sure if they are shared with Word, but you'd only have to
do this once.
--
Leonid S. Knyshov
Crashproof Solutions
510-282-1008
Twitter: @wiseleo
http://crashproofsolutions.com
Microsoft Small Business Specialist
Please vote "helpful" if I helped you :)
From: Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert on 26 Feb 2010 12:18
On 2/26/2010 9:06 AM, JGreg7 wrote:
> I am not sure how to tell if it is activated. Office 2003 you could look on
> the help menu - about, but that feature does not seem to be in Office 2007.
>
> The office programs however seem to work normally except for the quick parts
> issues in outlook. No reminder messages.
I am trying to reproduce your issue, so bear with me for splitting the
thread. :)

When I go to create new mail in Outlook, my ribbon is grayed out until I
click inside the text entry pane.

My quick parts feature seems to be working fine. I created a part and
saved it. I then fully exited Outlook and made sure the process exited.

Here is what I am observing.

I click create new mail
I click on Insert portion of the ribbon
I get a new window with grayed out ribbon in the insert section, except
for signature, business card, attach item, and attach file.

If I click into To: it stays gray
If I click into Subject: it stays gray
Once I start editing the text it activates the whole ribbon and the
feature works properly.
I was able to insert a quick part I previously defined

Please confirm whether you can replicate the same behavior.
--
Leonid S. Knyshov
Crashproof Solutions
510-282-1008
Twitter: @wiseleo
http://crashproofsolutions.com
Microsoft Small Business Specialist
Please vote "helpful" if I helped you :)
From: JGreg7 on 26 Feb 2010 12:53
That helped, I found the Autocorrect entries and was able to change the
dictionary to the same one as Word.

Any ideas how to get the auto text entries to show up? I could not find any
option for this on the options menu, or sub menus.
--
Thank you,
John Gregory


"Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert" wrote:

> On 2/26/2010 9:00 AM, JGreg7 wrote:
> > I checked, there is only the MS Office 2007 suite - no separate entry for
> > Outlook.
> >
> > What I am really trying to acheive is the functionality I had in Office
> > 2003. I have many custom dictionary entries, autocorrect and autotext items
> > that I have moved over to Word 2007, and they work normally there. I would
> > also like to use these same entries in Outlook.
> >
> > When I open a new e-mail in Outlook, the "Quick Parts" is empty, and the
> > menu items are grayed out. I can add entries and they show up saved in the
> > NormalMail.dotm template. Outlook should be able to pull these items from
> > the Word template like it does in Office 2003.
> >
> > I do not want to have to duplicate every custom dictionary, autocorrect and
> > autotext entry in Word and Outlook.
> >
> > How can I fix this?
> You may have already done this but...
>
> Tools -> Options -> Mail Format
> Tools -> Options -> Spelling (a shortcut to the proofing tab of Mail Format)
>
> It lets you add your custom dictionaries and autocorrect stuff back into
> Outlook. Not sure if they are shared with Word, but you'd only have to
> do this once.
> --
> Leonid S. Knyshov
> Crashproof Solutions
> 510-282-1008
> Twitter: @wiseleo
> http://crashproofsolutions.com
> Microsoft Small Business Specialist
> Please vote "helpful" if I helped you :)
> .
>
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