I expect to get flamed, but I've looked at every help menu I can find.

I reinstalled Office XP (don't ask) and my email icon in Word vanished. I
don't use Outlook, but installing it restored the icon. I want to use my
Outlook Express WAB, but Word insists on using a blank Outlook WAB.

How can I redirect Word to use my OE WAB?


--
www.petebeall.net

The Outlook address book is actually a PAB. Word cannot use the OE address
book (WAB), as it must use a MAPI-compliant address book. See “WD2000: Which
Address Books Can Be Used with Mail Merge, Envelopes, and Labels Features?”
at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=269111

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Pete Beall" wrote in message
...
I expect to get flamed, but I've looked at every help menu I can find.

I reinstalled Office XP (don't ask) and my email icon in Word vanished. I
don't use Outlook, but installing it restored the icon. I want to use my
Outlook Express WAB, but Word insists on using a blank Outlook WAB.

How can I redirect Word to use my OE WAB?


--
www.petebeall.net

Somehow, I did it. My PC used the OE addresses for email before the
reinstallation, and my laptop is still set up that way.

Pete

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
The Outlook address book is actually a PAB. Word cannot use the OE address
book (WAB), as it must use a MAPI-compliant address book. See “WD2000:
Which
Address Books Can Be Used with Mail Merge, Envelopes, and Labels
Features?”
at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=269111

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Pete Beall" wrote in message
...
I expect to get flamed, but I've looked at every help menu I can find.

I reinstalled Office XP (don't ask) and my email icon in Word vanished. I
don't use Outlook, but installing it restored the icon. I want to use my
Outlook Express WAB, but Word insists on using a blank Outlook WAB.

How can I redirect Word to use my OE WAB?


--
www.petebeall.net

I might not have been clear. I’m only talking about email
addresses, not a mail merge. My mail merge addresses I keep in an Access dB
and export to Word as needed.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
The Outlook address book is actually a PAB. Word cannot use the OE address
book (WAB), as it must use a MAPI-compliant address book. See “WD2000:
Which
Address Books Can Be Used with Mail Merge, Envelopes, and Labels
Features?”
at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=269111

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Pete Beall" wrote in message
...
I expect to get flamed, but I've looked at every help menu I can find.

I reinstalled Office XP (don't ask) and my email icon in Word vanished. I
don't use Outlook, but installing it restored the icon. I want to use my
Outlook Express WAB, but Word insists on using a blank Outlook WAB.

How can I redirect Word to use my OE WAB?


--
www.petebeall.net

If you have Outlook Express set as your default mail client (in Control
Panel | Internet Options), then you should be able to use the OE address
book when you send emails from Word.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Pete Beall" wrote in message
...
I might not have been clear. I’m only talking about email
addresses, not a mail merge. My mail merge addresses I keep in an Access
dB
and export to Word as needed.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
The Outlook address book is actually a PAB. Word cannot use the OE
address
book (WAB), as it must use a MAPI-compliant address book. See “WD2000:
Which
Address Books Can Be Used with Mail Merge, Envelopes, and Labels
Features?”
at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=269111

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Pete Beall" wrote in message
...
I expect to get flamed, but I've looked at every help menu I can find.

I reinstalled Office XP (don't ask) and my email icon in Word vanished.
I
don't use Outlook, but installing it restored the icon. I want to use
my
Outlook Express WAB, but Word insists on using a blank Outlook WAB.

How can I redirect Word to use my OE WAB?


--
www.petebeall.net

Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
If you have Outlook Express set as your default mail client (in Control
Panel | Internet Options), then you should be able to use the OE address
book when you send emails from Word.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Pete Beall" wrote in message
...
I might not have been clear. I’m only talking about email
addresses, not a mail merge. My mail merge addresses I keep in an Access
dB
and export to Word as needed.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
The Outlook address book is actually a PAB. Word cannot use the OE
address
book (WAB), as it must use a MAPI-compliant address book. See “WD2000:
Which
Address Books Can Be Used with Mail Merge, Envelopes, and Labels
Features?”
at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=269111

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Pete Beall" wrote in message
...
I expect to get flamed, but I've looked at every help menu I can find.

I reinstalled Office XP (don't ask) and my email icon in Word
vanished.
I
don't use Outlook, but installing it restored the icon. I want to use
my
Outlook Express WAB, but Word insists on using a blank Outlook WAB.

How can I redirect Word to use my OE WAB?


--
www.petebeall.net