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12-03-2007
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| | Mail merge from Winmail ?????????? Trying to access Contacts in Windows Mail from Microsoft Word using Mail Merge. There is a default location [Outlook Contacts] pre-defined in Word but can't find a route to Mail Contacts. Anyone help ? Thanks in advance. Andy B. |
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12-03-2007
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| | Re: Mail merge from Winmail ?????????? "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e8ekE6aNIHA.4656@xxxxxx Quote: > Trying to access Contacts in Windows Mail from Microsoft Word using Mail > Merge. > > There is a default location [Outlook Contacts] pre-defined in Word but > can't find a route to Mail Contacts. > > Anyone help ? > > Thanks in advance. > > Andy B. MS Office applications work with other MS Office applications, Windows Mail is not an Office application. |
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12-03-2007
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| | Re: Mail merge from Winmail ?????????? Mac, Thanks for your reply. However, as I understand it, I should be able to access data through Word Mail Merge from a variety of external databases, ODBC, OLE etc. Is this not possible from Windows Mail. Thanks again. Andy B. " mac" <macknever@xxxxxx> wrote in message news  701F947-5727-4616-B211-FEDBBF8FB874@xxxxxxQuote: > > "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:e8ekE6aNIHA.4656@xxxxxx Quote: >> Trying to access Contacts in Windows Mail from Microsoft Word using Mail >> Merge. >> >> There is a default location [Outlook Contacts] pre-defined in Word but >> can't find a route to Mail Contacts. >> >> Anyone help ? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Andy B. > No. > MS Office applications work with other MS Office applications, Windows > Mail is not an Office application. |
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12-03-2007
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| | Re: Mail merge from Winmail ?????????? Not possible with Windows Mail. -- Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e1rFbfeNIHA.4272@xxxxxx Quote: > Mac, > > Thanks for your reply. > > However, as I understand it, I should be able to access data through Word Mail Merge from a variety of external databases, ODBC, > OLE etc. > > Is this not possible from Windows Mail. > > Thanks again. > > Andy B. > > " mac" <macknever@xxxxxx> wrote in message news 701F947-5727-4616-B211-FEDBBF8FB874@xxxxxxQuote: >> >> "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e8ekE6aNIHA.4656@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Trying to access Contacts in Windows Mail from Microsoft Word using Mail Merge. >>> >>> There is a default location [Outlook Contacts] pre-defined in Word but can't find a route to Mail Contacts. >>> >>> Anyone help ? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Andy B. >> No. >> MS Office applications work with other MS Office applications, Windows Mail is not an Office application. |
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12-03-2007
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| | Re: Mail merge from Winmail ?????????? OK Thanks Gary. "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eR6oVkeNIHA.3400@xxxxxx Quote: > Not possible with Windows Mail. > > -- > Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] > > > "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:e1rFbfeNIHA.4272@xxxxxx Quote: >> Mac, >> >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> However, as I understand it, I should be able to access data through Word >> Mail Merge from a variety of external databases, ODBC, OLE etc. >> >> Is this not possible from Windows Mail. >> >> Thanks again. >> >> Andy B. >> >> " mac" <macknever@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news 701F947-5727-4616-B211-FEDBBF8FB874@xxxxxxQuote: >>> >>> "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:e8ekE6aNIHA.4656@xxxxxx >>>> Trying to access Contacts in Windows Mail from Microsoft Word using >>>> Mail Merge. >>>> >>>> There is a default location [Outlook Contacts] pre-defined in Word but >>>> can't find a route to Mail Contacts. >>>> >>>> Anyone help ? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> Andy B. >>> >>> No. >>> MS Office applications work with other MS Office applications, Windows >>> Mail is not an Office application. > |
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12-03-2007
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| | Re: Mail merge from Winmail ?????????? You're welcome. Microsoft has limitations in its free email clients so as not to diminish the market for Outlook. -- Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OmL1LneNIHA.1212@xxxxxx Quote: > OK > > Thanks Gary. > > "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eR6oVkeNIHA.3400@xxxxxx Quote: >> Not possible with Windows Mail. >> >> -- >> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] >> >> >> "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e1rFbfeNIHA.4272@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Mac, >>> >>> Thanks for your reply. >>> >>> However, as I understand it, I should be able to access data through Word Mail Merge from a variety of external databases, >>> ODBC, OLE etc. >>> >>> Is this not possible from Windows Mail. >>> >>> Thanks again. >>> >>> Andy B. >>> >>> " mac" <macknever@xxxxxx> wrote in message news 701F947-5727-4616-B211-FEDBBF8FB874@xxxxxx>>>> >>>> "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e8ekE6aNIHA.4656@xxxxxx >>>>> Trying to access Contacts in Windows Mail from Microsoft Word using Mail Merge. >>>>> >>>>> There is a default location [Outlook Contacts] pre-defined in Word but can't find a route to Mail Contacts. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone help ? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance. >>>>> >>>>> Andy B. >>>> >>>> No. >>>> MS Office applications work with other MS Office applications, Windows Mail is not an Office application. |
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12-03-2007
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| | Re: Mail merge from Winmail ?????????? Not directly, but you can export the contacts to a .csv file, which can then be used. According to my Outlook 2003 help, Word can use Outlook contacts, an Excel worksheet, or text files for the data. So you can export the Windows Mail contacts into a CSV file, which you should be able to use. Here is a tutorial.. http://office.microsoft.com/training...RC011205671033 -- http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eR6oVkeNIHA.3400@xxxxxx Quote: > Not possible with Windows Mail. > > -- > Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] > > > "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:e1rFbfeNIHA.4272@xxxxxx Quote: >> Mac, >> >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> However, as I understand it, I should be able to access data through Word >> Mail Merge from a variety of external databases, ODBC, OLE etc. >> >> Is this not possible from Windows Mail. >> >> Thanks again. >> >> Andy B. >> >> " mac" <macknever@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news 701F947-5727-4616-B211-FEDBBF8FB874@xxxxxxQuote: >>> >>> "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:e8ekE6aNIHA.4656@xxxxxx >>>> Trying to access Contacts in Windows Mail from Microsoft Word using >>>> Mail Merge. >>>> >>>> There is a default location [Outlook Contacts] pre-defined in Word but >>>> can't find a route to Mail Contacts. >>>> >>>> Anyone help ? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> Andy B. >>> >>> No. >>> MS Office applications work with other MS Office applications, Windows >>> Mail is not an Office application. > |
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12-04-2007
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| | Re: Mail merge from Winmail ?????????? Thanks Dave, Excellent news, the tutorial will be helpful also but a quick test exporting to CSV, converting to Excel and accessing through Mail Merge worked fine ! Thanks again. Andy B "Dave" <dave@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:usvEAlhNIHA.4740@xxxxxx Quote: > Not directly, but you can export the contacts to a .csv file, which can > then be used. > According to my Outlook 2003 help, Word can use Outlook contacts, an Excel > worksheet, or text files for the data. > > So you can export the Windows Mail contacts into a CSV file, which you > should be able to use. > > Here is a tutorial.. > http://office.microsoft.com/training...RC011205671033 > > > -- > http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview > > "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:eR6oVkeNIHA.3400@xxxxxx Quote: >> Not possible with Windows Mail. >> >> -- >> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] >> >> >> "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:e1rFbfeNIHA.4272@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Mac, >>> >>> Thanks for your reply. >>> >>> However, as I understand it, I should be able to access data through >>> Word Mail Merge from a variety of external databases, ODBC, OLE etc. >>> >>> Is this not possible from Windows Mail. >>> >>> Thanks again. >>> >>> Andy B. >>> >>> " mac" <macknever@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news 701F947-5727-4616-B211-FEDBBF8FB874@xxxxxx>>>> >>>> "Andrew Booth" <stephenson.booth@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>>> news:e8ekE6aNIHA.4656@xxxxxx >>>>> Trying to access Contacts in Windows Mail from Microsoft Word using >>>>> Mail Merge. >>>>> >>>>> There is a default location [Outlook Contacts] pre-defined in Word but >>>>> can't find a route to Mail Contacts. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone help ? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance. >>>>> >>>>> Andy B. >>>> >>>> No. >>>> MS Office applications work with other MS Office applications, Windows >>>> Mail is not an Office application. >>> >> |
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