[cmglaser]

When I try to do a mail merge in Word 2007 I choose start mail merge, then
the step by step wizard. When I get to the part of choosing recipients, I
choose select from Outlook contacts except nothing happens. It Just brings me
to my desktop. What is going wrong?

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Try starting the mailmerge from Outlook.

See the "Mailmerge from Outlook" item on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website
at:

http://www.gmayor.com/mailmerge_from_outlook.htm

That article was written before 2007, but it may still help


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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"cmglaser" wrote in message
...
When I try to do a mail merge in Word 2007 I choose start mail merge, then
the step by step wizard. When I get to the part of choosing recipients, I
choose select from Outlook contacts except nothing happens. It Just brings
me
to my desktop. What is going wrong?

[cmglaser]

Thank you for the help. I was able to do the mail merge starting from
Outlook, which was a big help however, what if I want to use a given
template? For instance, have the contact info. merge directly into a fax
template. Can I do that?

Thanks again.


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Try starting the mailmerge from Outlook.

See the "Mailmerge from Outlook" item on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website
at:

http://www.gmayor.com/mailmerge_from_outlook.htm

That article was written before 2007, but it may still help


--
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

"cmglaser" wrote in message
...
When I try to do a mail merge in Word 2007 I choose start mail merge, then
the step by step wizard. When I get to the part of choosing recipients, I
choose select from Outlook contacts except nothing happens. It Just brings
me
to my desktop. What is going wrong?

[Cindy M.]

Hi ?B?Y21nbGFzZXI=?=,

Thank you for the help. I was able to do the mail merge starting from
Outlook, which was a big help however, what if I want to use a given
template? For instance, have the contact info. merge directly into a fax
template. Can I do that?

Read through that dialog box for Mail Merge in Outlook very carefully. The
second section lets you choose an existing document as the starting point.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

[cmglaser]

I do see where you can pick another document. The trouble is that my fax
template doesn't contain outlook contact merge fields and I don't know how to
add them to the template (or do I have to do this each time I use the
template).

Maybe, I should back up a bit . . . I am a new user to Outlook w/ Business
Contact Manager. I am evaluating it for our small company. We've been using
ACT database software for 10 years and if you want to write a letter, fax, or
email all you do is choose your customer and click write letter, write fax,
etc (or choose a template) and it then opens Word with all the prefilled
contact information. Is this something that can be done through Outlook w/
BCM? or is there an add-on product to do this with Outlook?

I greatly appreciate any assistance.

"Cindy M." wrote:

Hi ?B?Y21nbGFzZXI=?=,

Thank you for the help. I was able to do the mail merge starting from
Outlook, which was a big help however, what if I want to use a given
template? For instance, have the contact info. merge directly into a fax
template. Can I do that?

Read through that dialog box for Mail Merge in Outlook very carefully. The
second section lets you choose an existing document as the starting point.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or
reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

[Graham Mayor]

Although written for Office 2003 - the principles shown at
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm for incorporating Outlook data in
documents should still apply.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


cmglaser wrote:
I do see where you can pick another document. The trouble is that my
fax template doesn't contain outlook contact merge fields and I don't
know how to add them to the template (or do I have to do this each
time I use the template).

Maybe, I should back up a bit . . . I am a new user to Outlook w/
Business Contact Manager. I am evaluating it for our small company.
We've been using ACT database software for 10 years and if you want
to write a letter, fax, or email all you do is choose your customer
and click write letter, write fax, etc (or choose a template) and it
then opens Word with all the prefilled contact information. Is this
something that can be done through Outlook w/ BCM? or is there an
add-on product to do this with Outlook?

I greatly appreciate any assistance.

"Cindy M." wrote:

Hi ?B?Y21nbGFzZXI=?=,

Thank you for the help. I was able to do the mail merge starting
from Outlook, which was a big help however, what if I want to use a
given template? For instance, have the contact info. merge directly
into a fax template. Can I do that?

Read through that dialog box for Mail Merge in Outlook very
carefully. The second section lets you choose an existing document
as the starting point.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow
question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)