[landman]

Is there a "simple" solution to the old Letter Wizard. I need something that
allows me to type letters using the Address book. The templates that I have
previewed do not allow me to insert the information from the Address book.

Any help would be most appreciated.

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

What version of Word are you using?

You can always add the Address Book tool to a toolbar (or to the Quick
Access Toolbar, if you're talking about Word 2007), which would then
liberate you to use whatever letter template you want.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
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"Landman" wrote in message
...
Is there a "simple" solution to the old Letter Wizard. I need something
that
allows me to type letters using the Address book. The templates that I
have
previewed do not allow me to insert the information from the Address book.

Any help would be most appreciated.

[landman]

2007, and I am very disappointed! Microsoft's answer is to use mail merge,
which is not as fast nor convenient, plus a template has to be constructed.
Why they took the ability out of Outlook to send letters is beyond me, but
then again I'm just a consumer.

"Landman" wrote:

Is there a "simple" solution to the old Letter Wizard. I need something that
allows me to type letters using the Address book. The templates that I have
previewed do not allow me to insert the information from the Address book.

Any help would be most appreciated.

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Yep--Microsoft really dropped the ball on that one. To heck with Mail Merge.
Sensing that you might be using Word 2007, that's why I suggested that you
add the address book to the Quick Access Toolbar.

Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar, and choose Customize Quick Access
Toolbar. Set Choose commands from: to Commands Not in the Ribbon. About
halfway down the first page of A commands, locate Address Book... Click on
it, and click Add. If you dont like where it is, you can use the Up and/or
Down buttons to move it.

Once you have this on your QAT, it doesn't really matter which letter
template you use.

BTW... if you still have your old Word's templates, the letter wizard from
earlier versions still works fine in Word 2007. I copied all of mine when I
upgraded my computer, so I still have that "library" to choose from when I'm
in a hurry and don't want to spend a lot of time looking online for what I
need.

Good luck...

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"Landman" wrote in message
...
2007, and I am very disappointed! Microsoft's answer is to use mail merge,
which is not as fast nor convenient, plus a template has to be
constructed.
Why they took the ability out of Outlook to send letters is beyond me, but
then again I'm just a consumer.

"Landman" wrote:

Is there a "simple" solution to the old Letter Wizard. I need something
that
allows me to type letters using the Address book. The templates that I
have
previewed do not allow me to insert the information from the Address
book.

Any help would be most appreciated.

[Graham Mayor]

I suspect that the method shown at http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm
will also still work.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Herb Tyson [MVP] wrote:
Yep--Microsoft really dropped the ball on that one. To heck with Mail
Merge. Sensing that you might be using Word 2007, that's why I
suggested that you add the address book to the Quick Access Toolbar.

Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar, and choose Customize Quick
Access Toolbar. Set Choose commands from: to Commands Not in the
Ribbon. About halfway down the first page of A commands, locate
Address Book... Click on it, and click Add. If you don't like where
it is, you can use the Up and/or Down buttons to move it.

Once you have this on your QAT, it doesn't really matter which letter
template you use.

BTW... if you still have your old Word's templates, the letter wizard
from earlier versions still works fine in Word 2007. I copied all of
mine when I upgraded my computer, so I still have that "library" to
choose from when I'm in a hurry and don't want to spend a lot of time
looking online for what I need.

Good luck...

2007, and I am very disappointed! Microsoft's answer is to use mail
merge, which is not as fast nor convenient, plus a template has to be
constructed.
Why they took the ability out of Outlook to send letters is beyond
me, but then again I'm just a consumer.

"Landman" wrote:

Is there a "simple" solution to the old Letter Wizard. I need
something that
allows me to type letters using the Address book. The templates
that I have
previewed do not allow me to insert the information from the Address
book.

Any help would be most appreciated.

[God bless Haiti]

Thanks- this was very helpful

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

Yep--Microsoft really dropped the ball on that one. To heck with Mail Merge.
Sensing that you might be using Word 2007, that's why I suggested that you
add the address book to the Quick Access Toolbar.

Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar, and choose Customize Quick Access
Toolbar. Set Choose commands from: to Commands Not in the Ribbon. About
halfway down the first page of A commands, locate Address Book... Click on
it, and click Add. If you dont like where it is, you can use the Up and/or
Down buttons to move it.

Once you have this on your QAT, it doesn't really matter which letter
template you use.

BTW... if you still have your old Word's templates, the letter wizard from
earlier versions still works fine in Word 2007. I copied all of mine when I
upgraded my computer, so I still have that "library" to choose from when I'm
in a hurry and don't want to spend a lot of time looking online for what I
need.

Good luck...

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"Landman" wrote in message
...
2007, and I am very disappointed! Microsoft's answer is to use mail merge,
which is not as fast nor convenient, plus a template has to be
constructed.
Why they took the ability out of Outlook to send letters is beyond me, but
then again I'm just a consumer.

"Landman" wrote:

Is there a "simple" solution to the old Letter Wizard. I need something
that
allows me to type letters using the Address book. The templates that I
have
previewed do not allow me to insert the information from the Address
book.

Any help would be most appreciated.