[Stephen Ford[_2_]]

WIN XP SP3
MSO 2003

I want to merge with Outlook contacts and create names with contents:

{Title} {Initial} {Name}

The result will be for example
{Miss} {S} {Jones}
{Mr} {& Mrs G} {Greg}
{Mrs} {P} {Ford}

where the braces are shown to identify the data in the fields Title, Initial
& Name

The field "Initial" does not exist in Outlook as far as I can see. I have
called it "Initial" to explain what I am trying to do. There is a "Nickname"
field which would be very convient to use but when using MatchFields in
Word, the field "Nickname" appears not to be available.

Is there a way to make it available? I am interested because it is shown on
the Details tab on the contacts form and is therefore easy to access and
enter the required data.

[Graham Mayor]

See http://www.gmayor.com/mailmerge_from_outlook.htm
See also the section Initial field when merging from Outlook Contacts at
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




"Stephen Ford" wrote in message
...
WIN XP SP3
MSO 2003

I want to merge with Outlook contacts and create names with contents:

{Title} {Initial} {Name}

The result will be for example
{Miss} {S} {Jones}
{Mr} {& Mrs G} {Greg}
{Mrs} {P} {Ford}

where the braces are shown to identify the data in the fields Title,
Initial & Name

The field "Initial" does not exist in Outlook as far as I can see. I have
called it "Initial" to explain what I am trying to do. There is a
"Nickname" field which would be very convient to use but when using
MatchFields in Word, the field "Nickname" appears not to be available.

Is there a way to make it available? I am interested because it is shown
on the Details tab on the contacts form and is therefore easy to access
and enter the required data.

[Stephen Ford[_2_]]

Thanks for that. Did loads of hacking while I was waiting and discovered
what was easily available in your references. I don't understand why when
starting the merge in Word a different set of data feilds appear compared
with starting the merge in Outlook. But hey it works, so I merge starting
from Outlook.
S

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
See http://www.gmayor.com/mailmerge_from_outlook.htm
See also the section Initial field when merging from Outlook Contacts at
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




"Stephen Ford" wrote in message
...
WIN XP SP3
MSO 2003

I want to merge with Outlook contacts and create names with contents:

{Title} {Initial} {Name}

The result will be for example
{Miss} {S} {Jones}
{Mr} {& Mrs G} {Greg}
{Mrs} {P} {Ford}

where the braces are shown to identify the data in the fields Title,
Initial & Name

The field "Initial" does not exist in Outlook as far as I can see. I have
called it "Initial" to explain what I am trying to do. There is a
"Nickname" field which would be very convient to use but when using
MatchFields in Word, the field "Nickname" appears not to be available.

Is there a way to make it available? I am interested because it is shown
on the Details tab on the contacts form and is therefore easy to access
and enter the required data.