Outlook 2000 with Word 2002 incompatible?

[selimap]

My new PC, running XP HE, came with MS Word 2000, but only Outlook Express and not the rest of the Office Suite. I reinstalled the rest of Office 2000 from the CD I had bought for my old PC, including Outlook 2000, which I prefer to OExpress.

All was well for a week or two, now Outlook won't let me use Word as my email editor (which I prefer) as it says 'Your Outlook and Word versions do not match. You will have to upgrade your Outlook version'.

I don't understand why this should now appear when nothing changed and it worked OK. I have tried installing all available updates and downloads, I still have the problem. I don't wish to buy the rest of Office 2002 (or 2003) as it seems an unnecessary expense.

Anyone got any ideas?

 

[Marcs41]

Remove Word 2002 (XP) and install Word 2000 like the rest of your Office Setup.
Like the error says: Your Outlook and Word versions do not match

Marc
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[selimap]

Thanks, I should have said I was trying to avoid this. I might find docuemnts created by myself since pruchase of the PC, or from other PCs will be incompatible with an older version of Word. And I'd have to reconfigure options/customise etc.

 

[Marcs41]

Well, you may want to avoid it but that is the way it is.
You have one more option and that is to upgrade to the full Office 2003 version.

Marc
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