I keep Word 2000 open on my desktop at all times, so I can toggle to it when
I need to open a file, or do any word processing.

I have Outlook 2000, and have it set to use Word as my email editor.

The scenario of my problem is this:
1) No document open in Word, but program is open and running.
2) In Outlook, I elect to creat a new mail message.
3) New mail message is opened in Word, and I create my email messge.
4) When I finish my message and click on SEND, not only does the message
send, and the message closes in Word, Word also closes. Now when I want to
use Word for another use (word processing, etc.) I have to go to the Start
menu and restart the program again.

How can I get Word to remain open once I send my email?

(Obviously, in the above scenario, if I had an existing document already
open in Word, then the application remains open to support the document when
it closes the email file.)

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Jim