Vista - MS word 2003 as email editor

how do i get my emails to be edited by word as i type? couldn't find the
option under tools.

There is no option to have a program edit as you compose a message.
There is an option in Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options, Programs,
to set the HTML editor.
This sets the program that is used to edit the source code of a Web page or
an HTML email.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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: how do i get my emails to be edited by word as i type? couldn't find the
: option under tools.

Hi, Anna.

The spell-check feature has gone through several changes over the past year
or two. For one thing, Vista's Windows Mail - and now Windows Live Mail -
has its own built-in spell checker, so it no longer uses the one in Word.

Now I'm using WLM (beta version 12.0.1184); it immediately highlights and
underscores (in red) any word that it does not recognize, as soon as I press
the space bar to end the word. As before, I can control the spell-checker's
behavior by clicking Tools | Options | Spelling. (I've been using WLM for
only a couple of weeks and already am forgetting the details of how WM did
it.)

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> how do i get my emails to be edited by word as i type? couldn't find the
> option under tools.

Only Outlook has that option.

Gary VanderMolen


"Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:93BD9823-1E98-499C-9ACA-378D4B9AE085@microsoft.com...
> how do i get my emails to be edited by word as i type? couldn't find the
> option under tools.

thanks

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Only Outlook has that option.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:93BD9823-1E98-499C-9ACA-378D4B9AE085@microsoft.com...
> > how do i get my emails to be edited by word as i type? couldn't find the
> > option under tools.
>
>
>

thanks, what is the difference between WM and WLM? i just got Vista. is it
included. right now i have wm.

"R. C. White" wrote:

> Hi, Anna.
>
> The spell-check feature has gone through several changes over the past year
> or two. For one thing, Vista's Windows Mail - and now Windows Live Mail -
> has its own built-in spell checker, so it no longer uses the one in Word.
>
> Now I'm using WLM (beta version 12.0.1184); it immediately highlights and
> underscores (in red) any word that it does not recognize, as soon as I press
> the space bar to end the word. As before, I can control the spell-checker's
> behavior by clicking Tools | Options | Spelling. (I've been using WLM for
> only a couple of weeks and already am forgetting the details of how WM did
> it.)
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:93BD9823-1E98-499C-9ACA-378D4B9AE085@microsoft.com...
> > how do i get my emails to be edited by word as i type? couldn't find the
> > option under tools.
>
>

According to Microsoft, Windows Live Mail (WLM) is the replacement for WM.
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas

In addition to WM's capabilities, WLM also has Hotmail access.
Several of WM's bugs have been fixed in the current version of WLM.

Gary VanderMolen

"Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news9A9D61B-42CF-47E2-AAEB-69C1803AA8EE@microsoft.com...
>
> thanks, what is the difference between WM and WLM? i just got Vista. is it
> included. right now i have wm.
>
> "R. C. White" wrote:
>
>> Hi, Anna.
>>
>> The spell-check feature has gone through several changes over the past year
>> or two. For one thing, Vista's Windows Mail - and now Windows Live Mail -
>> has its own built-in spell checker, so it no longer uses the one in Word.
>>
>> Now I'm using WLM (beta version 12.0.1184); it immediately highlights and
>> underscores (in red) any word that it does not recognize, as soon as I press
>> the space bar to end the word. As before, I can control the spell-checker's
>> behavior by clicking Tools | Options | Spelling. (I've been using WLM for
>> only a couple of weeks and already am forgetting the details of how WM did
>> it.)
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>> rc@grandecom.net
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>> (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
>>
>> "Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:93BD9823-1E98-499C-9ACA-378D4B9AE085@microsoft.com...
>> > how do i get my emails to be edited by word as i type? couldn't find the
>> > option under tools.
>>
>>

"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
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> According to Microsoft, Windows Live Mail (WLM) is the replacement for WM.
> http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas
>
> In addition to WM's capabilities, WLM also has Hotmail access.
> Several of WM's bugs have been fixed in the current version of WLM.


WLM also does RSS.
WLM is even less customizable than WM
WLM has separate folder sets for each POP3 account.

MS says they're starting to work on WinMail's problem with undeletable
messages.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
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>
> MS says they're starting to work on WinMail's problem with undeletable messages.

About time.
Maybe they'll release the fix before the end of the year!
In its current condition, I can't recommend WM to anyone.
--
Gary VanderMolen

....and that option has been removed from Outlook 2007, as its only editor is
the Word 2007 rendering engine:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933793
Outlook 2007 uses only Word as the e-mail editor

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
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"Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> thanks
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
> > Only Outlook has that option.
> >
> > Gary VanderMolen
> >
> >
> > "Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:93BD9823-1E98-499C-9ACA-378D4B9AE085@microsoft.com...
> > > how do i get my emails to be edited by word as i type? couldn't find
the
> > > option under tools.
> >
> >
> >