>So then how come its not OutlookView or MS Word Express. Don't you want the names to be similar so as to not be confusing?
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Outlook Express does more than read Outlook-created documents; Word View allows you to read Word docs, not compose new ones.

They're both an attempt to accomodate users who are not willing to buy the full product. I commend MS for producing them. You don't see similar tools from Lotus, Corel, etc. People who think they're entitled to the full functionality of a paid product for free are at best delusional here; if you could do everything that the commerical product could do without buying the commercial product, they wouldn't be able to sell the commerical product.

So, yes, I have no sympathy for people who aren't happy that the Outlook automation model isn't available in Outlook Express, and that you can't do mail merge out of Word Viewer...TANSTAAFL.

>PF
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>>It is not a full version of MS Word, and doesn't provide the same services. Same reasoning behind why Outlook Express is not the same as Outlook.