Publisher Mail Merge problem

[Gordon Price]

I have Office 2003, and I am trying to do a Mail Merge using outlook
Contacts. In outlook I have a Contacts folder called Mailing List, with
about 80 contacts.
In Publisher, I have started the Mail & Catalog Merge Wizard, chosen Outlook
as my Data Source, and clicked Choose Contacts Folder. I get a little dialog
showing all my Contacts folders, and I choose Mailing List. Instead of doing
what it should, I get a Data Link Properties dialog, open to the Connection
tab. If I just choose my stock Contacts folder I get an error about 'Dialog
or Database Engine Errors', which is also what I get when I cancel the Data
Link dialog. Any thoughts? I was really hoping to finish my marketing
postcards tonight, but no such luck it seems.

Best,
Gordon

 

[Mary Sauer]

Might be your Jet 4.0 Database Engine.
Information about Jet 4.0 Service Pack 8
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829558

 

[Gordon Price]

Might be your Jet 4.0 Database Engine.
Information about Jet 4.0 Service Pack 8
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829558

Mary,
I downloaded SP8 for WinXP, and the install claims I already have a newer
version (WinXP Sp2 perhaps?) Any other thoughts? I really need to make this
work.

Best,
Gordon

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Gordon Price wrote:
|| I have Office 2003, and I am trying to do a Mail Merge using outlook
|| Contacts. In outlook I have a Contacts folder called Mailing List,
|| with about 80 contacts.
|| In Publisher, I have started the Mail & Catalog Merge Wizard, chosen
|| Outlook as my Data Source, and clicked Choose Contacts Folder. I get
|| a little dialog showing all my Contacts folders, and I choose
|| Mailing List. Instead of doing what it should, I get a Data Link
|| Properties dialog, open to the Connection tab. If I just choose my
|| stock Contacts folder I get an error about 'Dialog or Database
|| Engine Errors', which is also what I get when I cancel the Data Link
|| dialog. Any thoughts? I was really hoping to finish my marketing
|| postcards tonight, but no such luck it seems.

Gordon, what happens if you export your "Mail List" from Outlook as a *.csv
file and then browse to that file as your contact source instead of Outlook.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com

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