G'Day Quercus Alba,
I currently use Outlook 2002 (Xp). I have never experienced
the problem.
As far as I know, Word as editor only applies to e-mails and the
Notes editor is the Native Outlook Rich Text editor.

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Regards,
Pat Garard
Australia
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> Pat,
> I make notes on individual contacts and sometimes I am able to bold and
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> I use Word 2003 as my editer/word processer when using Outlook.
> Thanks,