The "company name" field in my Outlook address book does not merge when I use
the Word envelope/label feature.

It works when I do an actual "mail merge", but not when I use the
envelope/label feature.

DianneB:

This is not really a merge. When ykou use the Insert Address button in the
envelope feature or if you put it on your toolbar it inserts a Contact's
name and address using an AutoText entry called AddressLayout. I know of no
way to actually review what the current (or default) AutoText entry.
However you can change it, including to include a "conditional" to enter a
company name if there is one but not leave a blank line if there is none.

Take a look at these KB articles.
212345: Modify the Layout of an Address Book Entry in Word 2000

211424: Matching AddressLayout Fields to Outlook Contact Fields

209752: WD2000: Blank Lines Not Suppressed with AddressLayout AutoText



If I recall correctly in Word 2000 you may be able to use only a business
address, but others may correct me on that. In later versions Word uses
whatever address you listed in OL as the person's mailing address..

Joe McGuire

"DianneB" wrote in message
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The "company name" field in my Outlook address book does not merge when I
use
the Word envelope/label feature.

It works when I do an actual "mail merge", but not when I use the
envelope/label feature.

Copy the following to a document, select and save as an autotext entry
called AddressLayout (all one word).
The curly brackets here are curly brackets and not field boundaries.

For a list of the fields that can be used here see
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




DianneB wrote:
The "company name" field in my Outlook address book does not merge
when I use the Word envelope/label feature.

It works when I do an actual "mail merge", but not when I use the
envelope/label feature.