Disable Word as the default editor in Outlook
Do you use Outlook? Have you noticed sometimes that when you start a new message, it takes FOREVER to load? Does your system start to drag for no reason? Chances are, you still have Microsoft Word open, but dont know it.
Another tip to speed up Outlook (as well as your PC) is to turn off Word as your email editor. By default, whenever you start a new message, Microsoft Word is used in your new message window as the editor. But do you really need it? Unless you’re sending out HTML newsletters, then the answer is no. So here’s a quick way to turn it off.
Open up Outlook and do the following:
- Click ‘Tools->Options’
- Under ‘Mail Format’, UNCHECK ‘Use Microsoft Office Word to edit email messages’
Thats all. You still might need to run the 3-finger salute (ctrl alt del) and look for ‘Winword.exe’ if you’ve been using Outlook with this option on.
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April 5th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
nice tutorial! Thanks
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