How do I set up address lists from contacts in Office

[Buzzer Bee]

I have all my contacts in my MS Office database and I am failing in my
attempts to create address lists whereby I can send Christmas cards to
selelcted contacts.
Can I do this? If yes, how?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

What do you mean by "address list?" Outlook uses no such term. What do you
need to do with your Contacts that you cannot do now?
There are many ways to organize Contacts such as Categories or separate
folders, but there is no such thing as "address lists."

 

[Buzzer Bee]

Hi Russ

Thanks for your post.

I have been using MS Works to prepare what I call "my address lists". I
suppose a more accurate title would be my "mailing list".
It is from this list that I prepare my envelopes and address lables for
Christmas cards and client mailings.

Your expert help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Buzzer Bee

What do you mean by "address list?" Outlook uses no such term. What do you
need to do with your Contacts that you cannot do now?
There are many ways to organize Contacts such as Categories or separate
folders, but there is no such thing as "address lists."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have all my contacts in my MS Office database and I am failing in my
attempts to create address lists whereby I can send Christmas cards to
selelcted contacts.
Can I do this? If yes, how?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

As I said, you are simply looking for ways to organize your Contacts. I
already suggested the two most commonly used.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi Russ

Thanks for your post.

I have been using MS Works to prepare what I call "my address lists". I
suppose a more accurate title would be my "mailing list".
It is from this list that I prepare my envelopes and address lables for
Christmas cards and client mailings.

Your expert help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Buzzer Bee

What do you mean by "address list?" Outlook uses no such term. What do
you
need to do with your Contacts that you cannot do now?
There are many ways to organize Contacts such as Categories or separate
folders, but there is no such thing as "address lists."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have all my contacts in my MS Office database and I am failing in my
attempts to create address lists whereby I can send Christmas cards to
selelcted contacts.
Can I do this? If yes, how?

 

[Buzzer Bee]

Hi Russ

Thanks for your prompt reply. I am not a 'techie', so how precisely do I
organise my contacts so that I can print off sheets of address lables?

Gratefully looking forward to your reply - a good 'help' search would be good.

Buzzer Bee.

As I said, you are simply looking for ways to organize your Contacts. I
already suggested the two most commonly used.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi Russ

Thanks for your post.

I have been using MS Works to prepare what I call "my address lists". I
suppose a more accurate title would be my "mailing list".
It is from this list that I prepare my envelopes and address lables for
Christmas cards and client mailings.

Your expert help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Buzzer Bee

What do you mean by "address list?" Outlook uses no such term. What do
you
need to do with your Contacts that you cannot do now?
There are many ways to organize Contacts such as Categories or separate
folders, but there is no such thing as "address lists."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have all my contacts in my MS Office database and I am failing in my
attempts to create address lists whereby I can send Christmas cards to
selelcted contacts.
Can I do this? If yes, how?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I have been using MS Works to prepare what I call "my address lists". I
suppose a more accurate title would be my "mailing list".
It is from this list that I prepare my envelopes and address lables for
Christmas cards and client mailings.

Your expert help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Open your Contacts folder in Outlook, click Tools>Mail Merge. Select which
contacts and contact fileds you want, choose "Mailing Labels" inthe "Document
type" drop-down at the bottom left and select the merge output type (like
"Printer") in the "Merge To" field. Click OK Set up thre Mail Merge Helper
with the format you want, and click OK. Continue with the promts until you
have what you want.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

The same two ways I mentioned:
1. You can create a category, then do a mail merge to the category by
starting the merge from Outlook and merging to the selected category of
Contacts.
2. You can create a separate Contacts folder. That way will permit you to
start the merge from either Outlook or Word.
There are lots of help files on how to do mail merges:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA011186361033.aspx
http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi Russ

Thanks for your prompt reply. I am not a 'techie', so how precisely do I
organise my contacts so that I can print off sheets of address lables?

Gratefully looking forward to your reply - a good 'help' search would be
good.

Buzzer Bee.

As I said, you are simply looking for ways to organize your Contacts. I
already suggested the two most commonly used.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi Russ

Thanks for your post.

I have been using MS Works to prepare what I call "my address lists".
I
suppose a more accurate title would be my "mailing list".
It is from this list that I prepare my envelopes and address lables for
Christmas cards and client mailings.

Your expert help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Buzzer Bee

:

What do you mean by "address list?" Outlook uses no such term. What do
you
need to do with your Contacts that you cannot do now?
There are many ways to organize Contacts such as Categories or
separate
folders, but there is no such thing as "address lists."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have all my contacts in my MS Office database and I am failing in
my
attempts to create address lists whereby I can send Christmas cards
to
selelcted contacts.
Can I do this? If yes, how?