Distribution Lists and Categories?????

[Chris]

Hi, I am using Outlook 2003 on XP SP2. I am using Categories for my
Contacts. Each Contact belongs to one of 6 categories.
Is there a way I can build a Distribution List with all the Contacts from 1
category? Without having to manually go through all of my Contacts and
selecting them one at a time depending on which Category they belong to?
Thanks,
Chris

 

[Chris]

Hi again,
Sorry to post this same question.
I have just seen the postings on this same subject dated 31/08/2004.
They're really helpful. I had no idea you could do that.
That answers my question.
All the best,
Chris

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Why would you need to?
If you've gone to the trouble of creating Categories use them instead of
DL's They are far more reliable.
You can easily send a message to all the members of a Category. Use the By
Category View, select the Category > Actions > New Message to Contact.

 

[Farm Bill]

But what if you want to use that category list to build a mailing label list?
How do you do that? Is it done through Mail-Merge following the category
selection that you described below?

Help! I've spent hours trying to get this.

Why would you need to?
If you've gone to the trouble of creating Categories use them instead of
DL's They are far more reliable.
You can easily send a message to all the members of a Category. Use the By
Category View, select the Category > Actions > New Message to Contact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi, I am using Outlook 2003 on XP SP2. I am using Categories for my
Contacts. Each Contact belongs to one of 6 categories.
Is there a way I can build a Distribution List with all the Contacts from 1
category? Without having to manually go through all of my Contacts and
selecting them one at a time depending on which Category they belong to?
Thanks,
Chris

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No. You can't merge to a category. Instead you use the By Category view to
select your Contacts, then start the merge from Outlook to those Contacts
you just selected.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

But what if you want to use that category list to build a mailing label
list?
How do you do that? Is it done through Mail-Merge following the category
selection that you described below?

Help! I've spent hours trying to get this.

Why would you need to?
If you've gone to the trouble of creating Categories use them instead of
DL's They are far more reliable.
You can easily send a message to all the members of a Category. Use the
By
Category View, select the Category > Actions > New Message to Contact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi, I am using Outlook 2003 on XP SP2. I am using Categories for my
Contacts. Each Contact belongs to one of 6 categories.
Is there a way I can build a Distribution List with all the Contacts
from 1
category? Without having to manually go through all of my Contacts and
selecting them one at a time depending on which Category they belong
to?
Thanks,
Chris