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Microsoft Word Email Merge 2007
I am a fan of email merge with Word and used it almost daily with Word 2003.
I installed Office 2007 enterprise edition along with Vista Business this week and the email merge feature doesn't seem to work. When i hit the finish and merge button and then click OK it acts like it is merging however NOTHING is ever sent to Microsoft Outlook. In troubleshooting I have discovered if I choose to do merge as attachment or merge plain text (instead of the default HTML) then an annoying alllow merge message comes up for each message and it will merge successfully. I have updated everyting so Windows Vista and Microsoft Office are 100% up to date. I am a mail merge junkie and am extremely familiar with how it is supposed to work and how it does word in Word/Outlook 2007. Extra info in case you need it:the data sources i typically pull from is Excel spreadsheets or Microsoft Access tables. |
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Microsoft Word Email Merge 2007
To over come the clicking problem, download the Express ClickYes utility
from: http://www.contextmagic.com/express-clickyes/ I wouldn't bother with HTML as you have no control over how the recipient will read you message. If they are astute, to lessen the risk of a virus/malware attack, they will have their mail program configured to read all messages in text format. If you really want the formatting to be preserved, you should create the documents as .pdf files and send them as an attachment to a mailmerged message. To get an add-in that will create the separate files for you, see the "Individual Merge Letters" item on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website at: http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm To attach files to a mailmerge, see the article "Mail Merge to E-mail with Attachments" at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/...ttachments.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Scott Galloway" wrote in message ... I am a fan of email merge with Word and used it almost daily with Word 2003. I installed Office 2007 enterprise edition along with Vista Business this week and the email merge feature doesn't seem to work. When i hit the finish and merge button and then click OK it acts like it is merging however NOTHING is ever sent to Microsoft Outlook. In troubleshooting I have discovered if I choose to do merge as attachment or merge plain text (instead of the default HTML) then an annoying alllow merge message comes up for each message and it will merge successfully. I have updated everyting so Windows Vista and Microsoft Office are 100% up to date. I am a mail merge junkie and am extremely familiar with how it is supposed to work and how it does word in Word/Outlook 2007. Extra info in case you need it:the data sources i typically pull from is Excel spreadsheets or Microsoft Access tables. |
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