Selecting the Message Editor

The message editor is how you compose your email and dictates some of the options you have available while composing messages. The two options for message editor are WordMail and the Outlook editor. Both options have advantages and disadvantages. You might want to switch between the two editors on occasion, depending on the email you're sending.

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Previous users of Outlook and WordMail might be a little reluctant to use WordMail again. In previous versions of Outlook, WordMail was unreliable and unstable. Office 2003 brings significant advances in WordMail, and I'm happy to report that I haven't experienced any problems with WordMail since I started using Outlook 2003.

Using Word as the Message Editor

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