Hi Greg,

If someone else has the same setup (including OS) and doesn't have the
problem, then there should be something that can be done about it. I don't
have a clue as to what, though.

I quit using Word as my email editor years ago. I did that for two reasons:
1) I prefer plain text and automatically transform email I recieve into
plain text, primarily for security reasons but also because I got tired of
downloading all sorts of pictures in spam.
2) Back when I quit, using Word as an email editor caused problems with
Word. I have 15 Add-Ins, most of which I wrote myself, and email editing
interfered with their performance. The advice I've seen on these boards
since then has been uniform that it doesn't function well. Some of the
problems may have been fixed. I'm using 2003 now and was using Word 97 (with
Outlook 98) when I went to plain-text.

Break-Break
I have my OE options to highlight any message from Andre in fuchsia so that
I can backstop him. I presume he is trying to help but that presumption is
wearing thin. It is possible that he doesn't check for responses to his
replies. In OE it is easy to flag threads to watch when I post something in
it; he may not have that utility. It does get frustrating though. (Not that
my advice is always that sterling. I'm sure I frustrated the MVPs from time
to time, perhaps I still do. I do try to not repeat my mistakes, though, and
test my suggestions.)