Your right about the "primary merge" document, being what I 'meant' to say.
With that, I will attempt to create from Outlook first. thank you for your
assitance.
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:
I don't do merges with Outlook, but everything I've seen says to start them
from Outlook rather than Word. You use the term "master doc." There is a
dangerous feature in Word called "Master Documents." I assume that we are
not talking about this. The term I've seen used for what I think you are
talking about is "primary merge document." Another key term is "template"
which refers to a kind of Word document that is intended to be used as the
basis for other documents. You can, and probably should, have a template
that you use to start your merges.
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
If I were attempting your project, I would start with
http://www.gmayor.com/mailmerge_from_outlook.htm. If that wasn't enough
help, I would explore Graham Mayor's site for other ideas and then look at
Cindy Meister's site. They seem to have the most comprehensive information
on mailmerge.
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Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"hardwrknsue" wrote in message
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I'm starting from my master doc in word. I chose outlook contacts as my
database.
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:
Are you starting your merge from Outlook or from Word?
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"hardwrknsue" wrote in message
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After creating user defined fields in outlook contacts for the purpose
of
merging to my word 2003 letter, I discovered "my fields" were not a
choice
available to me. The closest I could come would be to use the "user
fileds 1
through 4" available in the Miscellaneous section of a "contact". This
would
work if I could at least rename these fields but I couldn't. Any
suggestions?