What version of Outlook and Word are you using? I don't appear to have
this problem. I'm using 2003 for both.
I notice that Outlook 2003 uses Word as it's email editor.
When I copy text, from Word, to Outlook, it copies as an image. I
have tried reinstalling Office 'till I am blue in the face.
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