email icon greyed out in Office Home and Student 97

Installed Vista Home and Office Home and Student software on my computer. I
tried to send out a word document to a friend through microsoft mail, but
can't because the email icon is greyed out under the send to menu. I am using
Vista's Mail not outlook.
Also;
Can any one tell me why the headers in this suite states non commercial use,
this is a retail version I purchased and is activated but I am unable to
acces the web from inside the programs.

The Home and Student edition is only licensed for non-commercial use.

But the other question is : Is Windows Mail and Home and Student edition
compatable?

It certainly should be.

I have a similar problem. E-mail option is greyed out in all products in
Office Home and Student 2007. I can't send documents. The e-mail client I am
using is Windows Live mail desktop version. Can anyone help.

Home and student versions are for non-commercial use, e.g., you can't run a business with this software as that is not something a home user or student user would need. Ever wonder why the license for this version is so low and allows 3 installs? Now you know.

Sorry. I was unclear. I meant how non-employee members of clubs like
Rotary perform tasks for the other members' and the outside
communities' benefit. Non-employee club members using their own PCs to
do things for their club on a unremunerated basis DOES constitute
noncommercial use, at least in the US. Unremunerated board members and
officers would be a gray area, but even MSFT would be wary about going
after such people.

I do think a rather large number of Home & Student licensees would be
surprised to learn that they were banned by their license terms from
writing, say, a PTA meeting agenda that they could share with other
PTA members at that meeting.

I had the exact same issue with Vista as my OS, Windows Mail and 2007 Student
Office.
I followed the thread until I found this one- it worked, wasn't complicated
and didn't ask me to do weird things I didn't understand
..
This fix worked.

1. Quit your Office programs, please click on the following link to download
the Messaging_registry.reg file to your desktop.

http://officetoolsdown.googlepages.c...g_registry.reg

2. Double click on this Messaging_registry.Reg file to import the registry.
When you are asked whether you want to import the registry, click Yes.

3. Start Office programs like Word/Excel to check whether the E-mail icon is
useable.

My computer came with the Home/Student trial version in 2007; Today in 2009,
I purchased and installed the retail Full Version of Office Small Business
2007. My programs all show "non-commercial use". Do I need to uninstall the
student version first?

Uninstall any and all version of Office via Add/Remove, together with the
Activation Assistant, reboot the PC. Install office from cd/dvd

[johnnygolfer]

I had to clean install Vista and I had to figure out how to email from office word 2007 home and student using windows mail. There are quite a few fixes on the internet with some tweeking registry, etc. I finally found a simple answer which actually gives me a different look than I had before, but works great.
#1. Open Word
#2. Right click on tool bar
#3. Chose Customize Quick Access
#4. On the chose Commands drop down...
#5. click All Commands
#6. then chose Send To Mail Recipient

Good Luck!!