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E-mail address not present when select Outlook Contacts as datasou
I have Office 2007 with business contacts manager installed on Vista business.
I prepare a document in word and select "select recipients" from the mailing ribbon. I select "select from outlook contacts" Then business contacts when the list of contacts appears there is no email address field/column if I select a recipient and then click "finish and merge " and "send email message" I get an error saying there is no valid address! How can email address be missing from the fields avialable? If I select Outlook contacts rather that business manager contacts I get no recipients at all in the list (there shoudl by a lot!) but there is an email address column header that appears after country/region. Any ideas I don't mind if I use contacts or business contacts manager I just want an email field! Thanks Lou. |
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Start the merge from Outlook.
See the "Mailmerge from Outlook" item on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website at: http://www.gmayor.com/mailmerge_from_outlook.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 "Louverril" wrote in message ... I have Office 2007 with business contacts manager installed on Vista business. I prepare a document in word and select "select recipients" from the mailing ribbon. I select "select from outlook contacts" Then business contacts when the list of contacts appears there is no email address field/column if I select a recipient and then click "finish and merge " and "send email message" I get an error saying there is no valid address! How can email address be missing from the fields avialable? If I select Outlook contacts rather that business manager contacts I get no recipients at all in the list (there shoudl by a lot!) but there is an address column header that appears after country/region. Any ideas I don't mind if I use contacts or business contacts manager I just want an email field! Thanks Lou. |
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Thanks for your response.
I know I can start it from Outlook - but to I want to start it from Word! Don't want to sound too ratty but that's what I paid for and that's what I want. It's ridiculous that the email field isn't carried over, and, that with business contact manager inow nstalled I've lost the link to my Outlook contacts from Word merge. I'm really starrting to go off Microsoft! The other issue to starting form Outlook now is I can't get rid of the datasource link from my Word document so the Outlook method is refusing to work anyway - any idea how to return the word document to it's pre merge state - no datasource attached? Thanks Lou "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Start the merge from Outlook. See the "Mailmerge from Outlook" item on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website at: http://www.gmayor.com/mailmerge_from_outlook.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 "Louverril" wrote in message ... I have Office 2007 with business contacts manager installed on Vista business. I prepare a document in word and select "select recipients" from the mailing ribbon. I select "select from outlook contacts" Then business contacts when the list of contacts appears there is no email address field/column if I select a recipient and then click "finish and merge " and "send email message" I get an error saying there is no valid address! How can email address be missing from the fields avialable? If I select Outlook contacts rather that business manager contacts I get no recipients at all in the list (there shoudl by a lot!) but there is an address column header that appears after country/region. Any ideas I don't mind if I use contacts or business contacts manager I just want an email field! Thanks Lou. |
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E-mail address not present when select Outlook Contacts as dat
Louverril wrote:
Thanks for your response. I know I can start it from Outlook - but to I want to start it from Word! Don't want to sound too ratty but that's what I paid for and that's what I want. It's ridiculous that the email field isn't carried over, and, that with business contact manager inow nstalled I've lost the link to my Outlook contacts from Word merge. The ability to merge from Outlook data starting from Word is limited, so if you want access to all the fields you are going to be disappointed. Merging starting from Outlook provides the greater accessibility to the data fields. However there is an e-mail field present from the Contacts list if you start from Word, called "EMail_Address" I'm really starrting to go off Microsoft! I'm sure they'll be disappointed The other issue to starting form Outlook now is I can't get rid of the datasource link from my Word document so the Outlook method is refusing to work anyway - any idea how to return the word document to it's pre merge state - no datasource attached? Change the document type to normal word document. You can do this from the mailmerge toolbar (see http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...h_word_xp.htm), the mailmerge helper or the Start Mailmerge button depending on which Word version you are using. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Thanks Lou "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Start the merge from Outlook. See the "Mailmerge from Outlook" item on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website at: http://www.gmayor.com/mailmerge_from_outlook.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 "Louverril" wrote in message ... I have Office 2007 with business contacts manager installed on Vista business. I prepare a document in word and select "select recipients" from the mailing ribbon. I select "select from outlook contacts" Then business contacts when the list of contacts appears there is no email address field/column if I select a recipient and then click "finish and merge " and "send email message" I get an error saying there is no valid address! How can email address be missing from the fields avialable? If I select Outlook contacts rather that business manager contacts I get no recipients at all in the list (there shoudl by a lot!) but there is an email address column header that appears after country/region. Any ideas I don't mind if I use contacts or business contacts manager I just want an email field! Thanks Lou. |
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They should be disappointed though - one day they will realise that. I shall
comfort myself with the thought that I warned them rather than just giving up! Told you so Mr Gates. Already found the answer eslewhere to the return to normal document - but thanks! Lou "Graham Mayor" wrote: Louverril wrote: Thanks for your response. I know I can start it from Outlook - but to I want to start it from Word! Don't want to sound too ratty but that's what I paid for and that's what I want. It's ridiculous that the email field isn't carried over, and, that with business contact manager inow nstalled I've lost the link to my Outlook contacts from Word merge. The ability to merge from Outlook data starting from Word is limited, so if you want access to all the fields you are going to be disappointed. Merging starting from Outlook provides the greater accessibility to the data fields. However there is an e-mail field present from the Contacts list if you start from Word, called "EMail_Address" I'm really starrting to go off Microsoft! I'm sure they'll be disappointed The other issue to starting form Outlook now is I can't get rid of the datasource link from my Word document so the Outlook method is refusing to work anyway - any idea how to return the word document to it's pre merge state - no datasource attached? Change the document type to normal word document. You can do this from the mailmerge toolbar (see http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...h_word_xp.htm), the mailmerge helper or the Start Mailmerge button depending on which Word version you are using. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Thanks Lou "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Start the merge from Outlook. See the "Mailmerge from Outlook" item on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website at: http://www.gmayor.com/mailmerge_from_outlook.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 "Louverril" wrote in message ... I have Office 2007 with business contacts manager installed on Vista business. I prepare a document in word and select "select recipients" from the mailing ribbon. I select "select from outlook contacts" Then business contacts when the list of contacts appears there is no email address field/column if I select a recipient and then click "finish and merge " and "send email message" I get an error saying there is no valid address! How can email address be missing from the fields avialable? If I select Outlook contacts rather that business manager contacts I get no recipients at all in the list (there shoudl by a lot!) but there is an email address column header that appears after country/region. Any ideas I don't mind if I use contacts or business contacts manager I just want an email field! Thanks Lou. |
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