Outlook 2002 – Double spaces in message

1. If I send a message using WORD as my editor (HTML / Rich Text), the recipient receives the message double spaced.

2. If I use Outlook’s own editor or if the mesaage is sent in plain text, the recipient recieves it as it was sent.

3. If Isend the message to myself (sad) the message is recieved OK.

This is NOT just relating to Hotmail recipients (as discussed on MS KB)

I am at Office XP SP2 with Office updates applied.

Many thanks for your advice.
Tictag.