Sighted users are very much affected by this annoyance in Office 2007. I did a google search and the first hit was the following page. Note that this has nothing to do with blind users, WE users, or the like.

http://technologyinside.com/2007/01/18/dfault-editor-in-outlook-2007-is-word/

Farley, John [OS-IE] wrote the following on 1/9/2009 9:22 AM:
OK, Jim, I apologise for mis-leading people.

How does it manifest itself to the sighted user please?

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim
Grimsby Jr.
Sent: 09 January 2009 14:19
To: Farley, John [OS-IE]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Outlook 2007 and Window-Eyes

No this is not a problem that effects all screen reader users only.
This effect everyone sited blind what ever.  This is a Microsoft outlook
problem.

The solution is to read complex messages like this using the view in
browser option. I just don't want people to have the idea this has anything to do with
screen readers.  It has to do with how Microsoft  word deals with  html.


-----Original Message-----
From: Farley, John [OS-IE] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 5:58 AM
To: Jim Grimsby Jr.; [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Outlook 2007 and Window-Eyes

Hi Jim,

Yes, I accept that it is a problem which impacts on all screen readers,
not just Window-eyes, that is well documented. I have also said what the work round is.

I think that you suggest, accept this and work round it.

I am unclear why GW, as the manufacturer of my favoured screen reader,
and MS should not work together to provide a proper resolution to the
issue.
After all, this does not have any impact on any person using Outlook
2007 without a screen reader.


Regards, John. John Farley
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim
Grimsby Jr.
Sent: 09 January 2009 09:10
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Outlook 2007 and Window-Eyes

This is not a a window-eyes problem this is a outlook problem that
effects everyone. Just use the feature to view it in the browser.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Farley [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:35 PM
To: 'Jim Grimsby Jr.'; 'Pat Ferguson'
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Outlook 2007 and Window-Eyes

Hello all,

There is also a problem with Outlook 2007 with formatted html mail.

The standard, word interface, within Outlook does not resolve it
properly.

As soon as Window-Eyes starts talking about rows, columns and tables,
then I know it is an e-mail that is a problem.


The resolution to this is to use the browser to read the e-mail. That
is, use <alt>h x v and the e-mail is then fully accessible.

While there is a fully documented macro that could be used to work round
this, the issue I see with it is that you need to know it is a
mal-formed e-mail before you invoke the macro. So why not just use the
browser read option.

I really think that GW and MS should work out how to get round this.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Grimsby Jr. [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 08 January 2009 22:09
To: 'Pat Ferguson'
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Outlook 2007 and Window-Eyes

Hi I am using it right now.  Not sure what problems you speak of.  The
only thing I can say that is a problem and it is an issue with all
office programs and window-eyes is that there is a sluggish  response to
back space and other cursoring commands.  Also sometimes we gets a
little happy repeating smart tag information when as far as I can tell
nothing has changed. Restarting we fixes it. Other then those minor problems it works great.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Outlook 2007 and Window-Eyes

Hi Everyone,

I'm thinking of switching to Outlook for my email, so I can have both
accounts in one place.

I need to know if the problems with Window-Eyes and Outlook 2007, have
been resolved.

Any help is so very gratefully appreciated.

Thanks a bunch.

Pat Ferguson

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