There are some known issues related to responsiveness in the editor that should go away in later versions.

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"Jeff" wrote in message news:UBAhg.18214$A8.2274@clgrps12...
This has occurred several times.

I cannot select text or place the cursor anywhere on page
when composing or replying.

If I close Outlook and restart it that seems to solve the
problem.

I gather this is a known issue in the Beta.

Does anyone know of a fix?