Thanks very much Diane for your detailed clear response.

I use O2K and I have decided to avoid Word. Hope i ve made the right
decision.

Ramesh

"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
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you'll have all the spelling and editing functions of Word if you use word
as your editor. As long as you use Outlook 2002 or later, the
responsiveness should be good - word was not recommended as the editor in
outlook 97 and not real good with outlook 2000 but each version since is
well worth using. In Outlook 2007, you need an office suite installed to
have the full editing capability of Word.

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"Ramesh" ramesh2020@gmaildotcom wrote in message
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Hi,

Are there any advantages in using Word as the editor for messages over
doing it in Outlook itself?

Thanks for any inputs.

Ramesh