From: mike 


I was writing a document using Microsoft Word (2002) yesterday.  I wanted
to insert a horizontal line in the document.

I went to the Format>Border menu and selected horizontal line.  After
about 15 seconds, a selection of horizontal lines appeared.   Each time
I tried it, there was a 15 or so second delay.  Then I noticed there was
also network activity that seemed prompted by my accessing that particular
menu.

The netstat command showed that Microsoft Word was phoning home just so I
could draw a horizontal line in my document.  Geesh.

TCP    [snip]:4573         b.office.microsoft.com:http  ESTABLISHED
TCP    [snip]:4574         b.office.microsoft.com:http  ESTABLISHED


  /m

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