"Save for Web" feature suddenly grayed out

I have a Mac Notebook. I have Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 installed (I know it's outdated but it meets my simple needs). I use Photoshop Elements mostly to save photos for my blog. I use the "save for web" feature everytime. However, when I tried using it earlier this week it is all of a sudden not available- the words are in gray and cannot be accessed. As far as I know I haven't done anything different than normal on my computer (I am a stay-at-home mom and use it only for my personal stuff) for this to happen. I took it off and re-installed it but that didn't help. Can anyone help?

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