Hi NetNathan,

In Outlook, select Options from the Tools menu and then go to the "Other"
tab and you will see an item "Make Outlook the default program for E-mail,
Contacts, and Calendar" against which there is a box that you can check to
implement that facility.

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benefit of others who may be interested.  Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.
Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP