Mail Merge

[Rick Bettencourt]

I'm new to Outlook 2003. I'm trying to set up a mail merge from Word and
Outlook. When I try from Word it wont allow me to use the selected Contact
Folder. When I try from Outlook it tells me to connect to using a Data Link??

The Mail Merge wizard is not helping out at all, anyone have an easy way to
walk me through this?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Try starting the merge from Outlook. In your contacts folder, choose Tools |
Mail Merge.

 

[Rick Bettencourt]

I've tried that as well. When attempt that from Word using the wizard, I try
to use the data source "my outlook folder" after which it wont let me merge
the data into the document I have chosen. In this case an envelope. The mail
merge function was much more user friendly in 2000.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That's the point. Don't use the wizard in Word. Start in Outlook.