But you might try a System Restore, if you've got a suitable restore point. A second thing to try would be uninstall and reinstall Outlook from the Office CD.
Both are wild guesses.
Kees
I am using Office 2003 pro.
i tried to send a huge email that was refused by my server.
since then every time i start outlook it comes up normal for a second and the the buttons for - NEW - FORWARD - REPLY - and SEND are all greyed out.
and the worst thing is that now also the OPTIONS tab and CUSTOMISE are no longer an option in the TOOLS menu??
any help is greatly appreciated.
I am running XP with MCE

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