DOCUMENT:Q249679 22-JUN-2001 [exchange] TITLE :XCLN: Word Document Becomes Mail Message in Outlook 2000 PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange PROD/VER:WINDOWS:2000 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Outlook 2000 - Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== Outlook 2000 is open and you send a Microsoft Word document to a mail recipient using the Send To and Mail Recipient options on the Word File menu. If you cancel the process and decide to save the document, that document becomes a mail message. CAUSE ===== This occurs as the file is saved, the message header is added to it. RESOLUTION ========== To avoid the behavior described in the "Symptoms" section, when you are prompted to save the document, choose not to. However, if you have already chosen to save the file, when you open it again, it looks like a mail message. You can return the mail message to a Word document format by using either of the two following methods: - On the File menu, click Save As, and save the file in Rich Text Format. Then reopen the file, and save it as a Word document. -or- - On the File menu, click Send To, click Mail Recipient, click File, click Close, and then click Yes. Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbOutlookSearch kbOutlook2000Search kbZNotKeyword3 Version : WINDOWS:2000 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.