User-defined fields in Outlook

[Mark Rae]

Hi,

Firstly, I apologise if this is a frequently-asked question...

I need to set up a mailmerge between Word 2003 and Outlook 2003, and have
been asked to filter by one or more user-defined fields.

According to this Microsoft KB article
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;818851), Outlook
UDFs are not available as merge fields in Word.

Is there an "accepted" way round this?

E.g. I'm reasonably familiar with VBA, and am sure given enough time I could
write some MAPI code to interrogate the Outlook folder and output the
contacts to a Word merge document or something similar, but wondered if
there was an easier / better way so that I don't have to reinvent the wheel.

Any assistance gratefully received.

Best,

Mark Rae

 

[Peter Jamieson]

user-defined fields are available if you initiate the merge from Outlook
(select a contact folder or some contacts, then use Outlook Tools|MailMerge.

Peter Jamieson

 

[Mark Rae]

user-defined fields are available if you initiate the merge from Outlook
(select a contact folder or some contacts, then use Outlook
Tools|MailMerge.

Thanks.