Text area rendering

[requeth]

I have a word template email that I have created in Word 2000 that
contains a text area (white box with scroll bar to enter text into).
When I send this all service providers have no problems rendering it
and allowing the user to add information to the box when they reply to
the message. The only issue I'm having is with Outlook 2000, and it
just started today. When I choose reply in the email with the text
area and double click on the text area, it moves the cursor inside of
the text box like it should. Now, in the past (5 days ago) and with
online providers I can then type into the box. Outlook today started
having issues where I now try to type, the first 2-3 characters appear
to do nothing (though I'm guessing it is typing behind the text box)
before the text starts writting on the line above. Has anyone else had
this issue and found a way around it? I've tried recreating the entire
project, as well as replacing small bits throughout. I'm not sure what
to do with it aside from find a different method of capturing text
then the text area.