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Features not available when only Outlook 2007 is installed |
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Outlook 2007, when installed as part of the Office 2007 suite, uses
Word 2007 as the editor and is a full-featured email client. You'll
won't be able to send documents as email (Send to mail recipient) using a
feature known as "wordmail". This, along with spell check
as you type, was often cited when Outlook and Word versions did not
match, but there are other
features missing. When only Outlook is installed, previous versions could only use the "Outlook editor", which offered different signature and less powerful spell check options. In Outlook 2007, there is no "Outlook editor", Outlook 2007 uses only Word as the editor. If Word 2007 is not installed, Outlook 2007 uses a Word dll to provide the editing capabilities. There are more Word features available than with the old "Outlook editor", but there are still some things that won't work or are disabled. Signatures work the same way they do in Outlook 2003 with the Word editor - you can right click on the signature and select a different signature. |
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If you open the Tools, Options, Spelling tab, Spelling and
Autocorrect Options button when a form is open, most of the options
are grayed out. If you open this dialog when only the main Outlook
window is open, all of these options are 'live'. However, even
though you can enable them, they won't work. Whenever possible you should upgrade all Office versions. The cost of the upgrade version of the Office Standard suite is about twice the cost of buying just Outlook alone (which is not available in an Upgrade version) and you get two or more of the newest Office applications. The Student and Home Office does not include Outlook - but in most cases, the cost of this suite and Outlook 2007 is less than buying Office Standard. While the S&HO suite includes licenses for 3 computers, Outlook is a single license. S&HO users should have many (but not all) of the editor features found in the full suites, such as spell check as you type and autocorrect. If you think you are missing features and installed Outlook last, reinstall Student and Home Office. If this doesn't help, the feature can't be enabled. You will not be able to use themes (stationery) - that is disabled completely in standalone Outlook. |
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More Information |
To replace Stationery and themes, create Outlook templates. Either save them in your My Documents folder for easy access or copy them to a folder in Outlook. Impact of deploying Outlook 2007 without Word 2007 (TechNet) Using Outlook 2007 with or without Word 2007 installed (Office Online)
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