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From: David Netser on 14 May 2010 10:44
in office 2003 you could choose to use word as your editor when editing and
writing emails, by doing so all the macros and shortcuts created in word were
available when using outlook, is this no longer possible in outlook 2007?
thanks, david
From: Bob I on 14 May 2010 10:55
Outlook uses a word.dll to provide the editing, but you will have to
copy what you want across.

David Netser wrote:

> in office 2003 you could choose to use word as your editor when editing and
> writing emails, by doing so all the macros and shortcuts created in word were
> available when using outlook, is this no longer possible in outlook 2007?
> thanks, david

From: JGreg7 on 14 May 2010 19:23
There is a little more to it than that….
In Office 2007, it appears that they have irrevocably split Outlook from
Word. Outlook is now a stand-alone editor with its own styles, autotext
(quick parts), macros, etc.

After having spent the better part of a week trying to get the same level of
functionality in Outlook 2007 as I had in Word 2007, I gave up. To be fair,
Outlook does have the ability to provide its own, separate version of the
Word features, but they are definitely no longer shared. (That “separate but
equal” concept never really worked anywhere…)

I have found it much more efficient to simply compose my e-mail in Word, and
then cut and paste it into the Outlook e-mail. I realize that is taking a
step back to early 90's, but it is easier than trying to maintain two sets of
styles, autotext, macros, etc…..

--
Thank you,
John Gregory


"Bob I" wrote:

> Outlook uses a word.dll to provide the editing, but you will have to
> copy what you want across.
>
> David Netser wrote:
>
> > in office 2003 you could choose to use word as your editor when editing and
> > writing emails, by doing so all the macros and shortcuts created in word were
> > available when using outlook, is this no longer possible in outlook 2007?
> > thanks, david
>
> .
>
From: David Netser on 15 May 2010 13:22
Many thanks, david

"JGreg7" wrote:

> There is a little more to it than that….
> In Office 2007, it appears that they have irrevocably split Outlook from
> Word. Outlook is now a stand-alone editor with its own styles, autotext
> (quick parts), macros, etc.
>
> After having spent the better part of a week trying to get the same level of
> functionality in Outlook 2007 as I had in Word 2007, I gave up. To be fair,
> Outlook does have the ability to provide its own, separate version of the
> Word features, but they are definitely no longer shared. (That “separate but
> equal” concept never really worked anywhere…)
>
> I have found it much more efficient to simply compose my e-mail in Word, and
> then cut and paste it into the Outlook e-mail. I realize that is taking a
> step back to early 90's, but it is easier than trying to maintain two sets of
> styles, autotext, macros, etc…..
>
> --
> Thank you,
> John Gregory
>
>
> "Bob I" wrote:
>
> > Outlook uses a word.dll to provide the editing, but you will have to
> > copy what you want across.
> >
> > David Netser wrote:
> >
> > > in office 2003 you could choose to use word as your editor when editing and
> > > writing emails, by doing so all the macros and shortcuts created in word were
> > > available when using outlook, is this no longer possible in outlook 2007?
> > > thanks, david
> >
> > .
> >
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