Entourage 2008 Contacts export options?

[Guest]

What I miss most in Entourage has been the ability to export partial
databases to create effective limited mailing labels or as a way to remove
outdated or limited email addresses.

For example, I'd like to be able to export only those in the Category
Christmas Cards, at Christmas time to create mailing labels;
or I'd like to be able to export, store, and then remove from my main user
db, all compuserve address or addresses to which there has been no mail sent
or received for x amount of time.

Is there anything in the new version which will help me accomplish these
tasks? That would be worth the upgrade...

As it stands, I had to export all contacts, create a Filemaker pro DB,
eliminate all but Christmas card category, and then create labels.

The problem with the export from Entourage is that it has SO many fields,
and I couldn't limit the export to only say, name address and category.

And finally, creating a mailing label list within Word using some access to
Entourage is just WAY too much trouble with too many errors, steps, and
incompatibilities...

Jeff
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Jefferis Peterson, Pres.
Web Design and Marketing
http://www.PetersonSales.com

 

[Bras]

Hi Jeff,

You can actually export contacts in a category in 2004. File export and then
choose entourage archive - in the archive options you can select a category
and select the category you want. This will create a RGE file which you can
import into a new identity in Entourage 2004 - Entourage - switch identity
and click new.
Then go to import and imort the Entourage archive file, then you can export
the catecory as a a list and you have the category exported. It requires
some steps but I think it's a better way than sorting out your complete
contact list.

When you want to delete after you have archived the addresses then you can
go to address book views, view the category and delete all addresses in the
category at once by selecting them all and click delete.

I believe there is also an option to import from your Office addrss book
contacts in Word when creating labels and then select the category you want
by selecting query options in the bottom of the mailing list manager.

Bras

 

[Adam Bailey]

And finally, creating a mailing label list within Word using some access to
Entourage is just WAY too much trouble with too many errors, steps, and
incompatibilities...

I do this all the time and love it.

 

[Guest]

Hi Jeff,

Then go to import and imort the Entourage archive file, then you can export
the catecory as a a list and you have the category exported. It requires
some steps but I think it's a better way than sorting out your complete
contact list.

Thanks. Exporting to filmaker is easier that still doesn't answer the
question about 2008's features.

I have found the word address book labels feature to be unstable and doesn't
always populate the fields correctly in 2004.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jefferis Peterson, Pres.
Web Design and Marketing
http://www.PetersonSales.com