BCM 2007 Mailmerge fields

[fred]

Hi,

Just running a mailmerge from BCM 2007 via Word 2007, through a campaign.
I am unable to map the "Title" (Mr, Mrs, etc) field from contacts in BCM
through to the mailmerge in Word. Am I missing something, or is this a
major omission / bug?

When sending formal letters I need to be able to use the form: "Mr Fred
Smith" in the address block, then "Dear Mr Smith" in the greeting line.
This does not appear to be possible, as I cannot access the Title /
Salutation from Word. I guess I could use one of the other fields that is
exposed to Word mailmerge for the title, but this seems a little backwards,
and means I will have to edit all my contacts.

Any ideas...?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

For best results, make sure that you start the merge from Outlook, not Word. That will ensure you have access to all the fields in Outlook for your merge document.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[fred]

Thanks Sue,

I did indeed start the Merge from Outlook (well, BCM) by launching a new
campaign. When this did not expose the fields I needed, I then tried it
direct from Word.

Still no success I'm afraid - I think this must be a limitation of BCM.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I was thinking of Outlook's built-in Tools | Mail Merge command. What BCM does with its campaigns I don't know. THe folks on the microsoft.public.outlook.bcm are more likely to have that information.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[fred]

Ping from updated alias.