WD2000: Word As E-mail Editor Appears to Fail to Retain Zoom Level Setting

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you are using Word as your e-mail editor and you set a zoom level for new messages or messages you reply to, the zoom level changes and is not consistent with the level you set.

CAUSE

This behavior is by design. In Microsoft Outlook, you can create a new message, read an existing message, or reply to a message. When using Word as your e-mail editor, you can set the zoom level for each of these three types of messages. Setting one zoom level value affects the zoom level value of other types of messages, and setting these values also affects the zoom level setting in Word.

Also, setting the zoom level in Word affects the zoom level setting in each of these types of messages.

The following table describes how and when setting the value in one component affects the value in another component.

	The zoom level changes in:
When you change the zoom level in	New	Read	Reply	Word
A new message	Yes**	No	Yes*	Yes*
A message you read	No	Yes**	No	Yes*
A reply message	Yes*	No	Yes**	Yes*
Word (Outlook is closed)	Yes*	Yes*	Yes*	Yes*
Word (Outlook is open)	No	No	No	Yes

* Must not be open while changes are being made in other settings.

MORE INFORMATION

To use Word as your e-mail editor, do the following in Microsoft Outlook 2000:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.



2. On the Mail Format tab, click to select Use Word to edit e-mail messages.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: June 1, 1999