Winword.exe does not close
 

I use Outlook 2003 as my email editor which loads winword.exe when I
create messages, but does not open Word. Sometimes my entire system
seems to slow down and when that happens I open Task manager and find
that WINWORD.EXE is still running and using up most of my RAM --
eventhough I do not have Word 2003 open or am in the middle of editing
an email.

Is there a fix that would assure that when Outlook is done with
winword.exe that it is closed and the RAM freed?