Correct. Outlook and Office versions have always had to match for automation functions to work. Not an error.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, StepOne asked:

| Error in Outlook says Outlook is incompatable with installed version
| of Microsoft Word (I have Word 2000 and Outlook 2003) ... for the
| purpose of mail merging contact lists.