I tried renaming, I renamed the file outcmdOLD.dat. I restarted the pc and
opened Outlook. Still no Send button. I read in another post about searching
for a file with the extension of rsv or something like that, I've forgotten
now, but I did a search in Outlook folder for that file extension and found
about 20 files. They seemed to have the same name, but were sequentially
numbered. Should there be more than one of those files? I did not rename any
of them as was suggested in a previous post, because I wasn't sure about
renaming them.

I will check the View section to see if I'm hiding anything. Thanks for the
suggestions.

If I still don't get the Send button back, do you think it would be best to
reinstall all of Office Pro?

"K. Orland" wrote:

Hi Donna
Close Outlook. Unhide files and folders in Windows Explorer, then do a
search for the outcmd.dat file. Rename it and re-open Outlook to see if that
makes a difference for you.
Also check your current view to make sure you're not hiding/suppressing any
fields.
--
Kathleen Orland
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
http://www.howto-outlook.com/



"Donna" wrote:

On my desktop pc at home I have Office 2003 Professional. When I initially
installed Office I did not elect to use Outlook as my email program, but
rather OE. Now, I want to use Outlook.

From Outlook, I imported all my OE folders. I set up a new email account.
From the Control Panel, Mail, I selected Outlook as my default email program.

In Outlook I decided to compose an email. There is no Send button. Under the
File menu, there is no "New Message" item selected. When I hover over the
"New" button icon it shows "new message" in the tool tip.

I can use the keystroke shortcut to send email to the Outbox but it just
sits there.

In the Options, I have selected to Send Immediately when connected. If I
click on the Send/Receive button from the Mail Setup section of the Options,
I get nothing.

(I have Outlook 2003 on my laptop, although I do not use it to receive
email, only to send. The Send button is there. When I click on the
Send/Receive button I get a new screen to select groups.) I was not connected
to the internet at the time I was setting up the email on my desktop.

I have read other threads about this problem but have not found a solution
from them. I tried the Repair feature from the Office installation disk and
that did not help. I uninstalled Outlook, rebooted the pc, reinstalled
Outlook, rebooted the pc, and still no send button.

Any suggestions? Should I do a complete uninstall of the entire Office
suite? Thanks for your help. Donna