Microsoft Word 97 includes a component called WordMail that allows you to use Microsoft Word as your e-mail editor in Microsoft Outlook 97. This article describes how to enable or disable Microsoft Word as your e-mail editor.

To enable or disable Microsoft Word 97 as your e-mail editor, use the following steps:

1.	Start Microsoft Outlook.
2.	On the Tools menu, click Options, and click the E-mail tab.
3.	Select or clear the Use Microsoft Word As The E-Mail Editor check box and click OK.

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: