Address book compliant with U.S. Postal Service request?

[Suzan]

Any way to change our contacts folder (3200 names/addresses) to appear in all
caps? That would be the format the U.S. Postal Services requests, but I
haven't discovered any "select all" or edit routine to make this happen.
Also, any way to automatically add the zip+four format for zip codes to this
same folder, along with a mailing barcode? I know there is software you can
buy to make all this happen, but does anyone know a way "within" Outlook to
do the job?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Please quote the USPS requirement for this format or why you cannot export
your contacts to a Word document, change the format of the TO field, and
apply this "requirement."

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After furious head scratching, Suzan asked:

| Any way to change our contacts folder (3200 names/addresses) to
| appear in all caps? That would be the format the U.S. Postal
| Services requests, but I haven't discovered any "select all" or edit
| routine to make this happen. Also, any way to automatically add the
| zip+four format for zip codes to this same folder, along with a
| mailing barcode? I know there is software you can buy to make all
| this happen, but does anyone know a way "within" Outlook to do the
| job?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Outlook can't store the barcode - it would be added in a mail merge or by
the printing software, as will the all caps formatting.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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