Did they ever work for you?
Have you got a properly configured mail account in Outlook?
Have you activated your copy of Office already?
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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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"DESA GUY" <DESA
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> The tool bar NEW, BACK, FORWARD, STOP, REFRESH and all EDIT functions,
> TOOL
> BAR in the VIEW menu selection, and CUSTOMIZE, OPTIONS, SPEACH in the
> TOOLS
> menu selection are all "grayed out"
>
> How can I activate these functions?