Email from Office 2003 now fails

[Frog2000]

I have been using this facility in Word 2003 for some time now without
difficulty.

Today when using the facility I am presented with the following error
message which denies access to ether a contacts list or Address list from
Outlook.

"A fatal error has occurred in Outlook. The data in your envelope has been
lost, but your document is still available."

This prevents using the normal facilities to enter into the To: or CC: box.

I am able to manually copy/paste an email address into the box and the email
is sent!

I have de-installed Office Professional 2004 and re-installed it with no
change.I suspect some linkage has become corrupt but of course have no idea
where it might be or how to fix it.

All input greatfully received.

 

[Frog2000]

Further information from myself - scanning the newsgroups indicated that
there was possibly a bug in outlook causing this problem. The Optioni "Send
immediately when connected" needed to be unchecked to "fix" this problem. An
update automatically installed must have caused this problem because I
normally like to have this box checked.
Ths problem is now solved for the moment so hope it all stays that way.