Email direct from Word

[Susana]

I am running Office 97 (including word 97 and Word 2002 independently on the

same computer. My email is Lotus notes and I am on a LAN. The option to send
mail from within Word 2002 is greyed out, although all the proper boxes are
checked. I can send mail from within all of the other office applciations
including word 97. Any ideas? I really need this to work properly. thanks.

PS. I am not running outlook at all.

At this point I have disabled and uninstalled word 97. It still does not
work.

Thanks S