Just a thought - is Outlook your default e-mail application? If not, does it
work if you make it so?
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Graham Mayor wrote:
I cannot comment on the implications of Windows Vista as I don't use
that, but the ability to merge from Word using Outlook data is not
limited by Office 2007. However as you get far more control over the
merge by initiating from Outlook, starting from Outlook is much the
better option.
In Windows 2003, the abilty to merge using Outlook from Word would be
impaired by the omission of the file SCHDMAP.DLL from Windows, but I
don't know if Vista uses this file or an equivalent that provides the
same function.
Mary J wrote:
Did you ever receive a response to this? I am able to merge in
Outlook but i am very concerned something is wrong with Word 2007
given it bombs out whenever i try to merge directly from Word like i
have been for YEARS. This is so frustrating. Is it that you CAN'T
merge from Word in Vista/Word 2007 now? If that's the case please
someone say so. It used to be so easy.
"Surreycrow" wrote:
I am most grateful for your help which does indeed allow me to
complete my mail merge using outlook contact lists by doing the mail
merge from outlook; thank you. I am however concerned that a change
as occured in Word that prevents me from using outlook contacts when
doing a mail merge from Word itself. I suspect it changed when the
automatic update for office sp2 was installed. I would like to be
able to use the feature as before and I am concerned other things
may also have changed.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
See http://www.gmayor.com/mailmerge_from_outlook.htm
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Surreycrow wrote:
I have used the mail merge feature in word successfully on a
number of occasions in the past. I have normally used my contact
list from outlook. When I try to use it now, instead of it showing
the list of contacts for me to choose my recipients, a popup
window appears entitled 'data link properties' inviting me to
select or enter an Access database name. This never happened in
the past and I am at a loss to know what has caused the problem or
how to correct it. I am using Windows XP Home Edition with service
pack two and Microsoft Office Professional.