no e-mail option

[davidmagee]

when i try to mail merge, the option box 'merge to' does
not include the option for 'electronic mail'. i am using
word 97. My other networked computer has this option. i
cant figure out why this is. perhaps it stems from the
fact i used eudora up to a month ago. i am now using
outlook express. is there a way of getting the e-mail
option to appear?

 

[Peter Jamieson]

when i try to mail merge, the option box 'merge to' does

not include the option for 'electronic mail'. i am using
word 97. My other networked computer has this option. i
cant figure out why this is. perhaps it stems from the
fact i used eudora up to a month ago. i am now using
outlook express. is there a way of getting the e-mail
option to appear?

First, check that Internet Explorer|Tools|Internet Options|Programs (or the
equivalent in older versions of IE) has Outlook Express set up to be your
default e-mail client.

You may be able to fix this by adding one or two lines to the WIN.INI file,
which should be in your Windows directory (typically C:\Windows)

To try this, proceed with caution! Close all your programs (Word, Outlook
Express at least), and open the
WIN.INI file with Notepad and look for a section called [Mail]. If it isn't
there, just add the line [Mail] at the bottom of the file. Then look for a
line in the [Mail] section saying

MAPIX=1

If it isn't there, add the line, save WIN.INI, and see if you can now
a. select Electronic Mail as an e-mail destination
b. actually perform the merge.

Please note that even if this procedure works, it does /not/ fix the other
problem where the Outlook Express address book cannot be used as the address
source in the Envelopes and Labels dialog box.