You can't. In order to use Word as your email editor, you have to have the
same version of Word and Outlook.

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Patricia Cardoza
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> I am trying to use word 2000 as my default mail editor in
> outlook 2002, however the options is grayed out.
>
> How do i make Word 2000 my default mail editor.