How do I make transmittals or packaging slips using Outlook?

[Ali]

I want to make packaging slips for plans or specs I send out using contacts
from Outlook. I don't want to keep typing all the information because
sometimes I have 30 packages going out a day. It would help me if I can get
all that done with the help of Outlook contacts. Thanks.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The feature you want to use is mail merge. Select the contacts you want to make labels for, choose Tools | Mail Merge and follow the prompts from there. See http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/printlabels.htm

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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

 

[Ali]

Actually I kind of figured it out. When in contacts, I selected Action>Send
Letter to Contact. Now the only thing I have to do now is somehow get a fax
template to work with that. I downloaded a fax template from Microsoft but
how would add a macro filed of the contact's name and subject?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That's a different scenario from the one you first posted. If you want a template to appear in the Send Letter dialog, save the template with a file name that includes "Letter." ALso see http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/startletter.htm

The currently open contact is Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem. Items selected in a folder are in the Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection collection. Each ContactItem has properties you can look up in the VBA object browser.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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