The Outlook Icon has been associated with Word. To correc the issue do the
following
Right click on the icon and choose Open With (if on Windows 95 or 98 will
need to hold down the shift key) choose Outlook. If you do not see Outlook
listed select Choose program. Check mark Always Use this Program.
Thanks you two for your reply.
But I need to clarify this a little. Outlook opens but as
it opens, Word opens with the dark gray background, like
it is not actually opening a Word doc. Outlook is open, is
is just underneath Word. I can close Word and continue in
outlook. I dont see any real problems with this, it is
just a major nuisance.
Thanks again
dw