Office XP - Prompt To Merge Document Versions - Word Docs

[greene]

I have been looking everyone for help with this but so far have drawn a blank. In Office XP if you attach a word document to an e-mail message in Outlook, the system now considers that you have two versions of the document (even if both documents are exactly the same), the original and the attached version in Sent Items. The problem is that when you open the document again from Sent Items in Outlook there is an automatic prompt asking if you want to merge both documents. (Obviously this is designed for situations where you have changes in one document which you would like to incorporate in the original). The options given are “Yes”, “No”, “No and don’t ask me again”. If I select “No, don’t ask me again” this will only work if I then save the document to record that as a change and only applies to that particular document. I need to find a way to turn off this feature as many people where I am working find it very confusing and annoying. Any ideas/pointers would be much appreciated.

 

[xlhelp]

I am an Outlook illiterate, so this is a stab in the dark. Is Journalling turned on in Outlook? It should be off.