Mail Merge Question

[NewMacDaddy]

Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I was able to create a mail merge using my contacts as the data base. However, I will need to add fields that would not be applicable to be kept in the contact data base. These additional fields will change from time to time. I was hoping to be able to segregate the contacts and relative information from my contacts and paste them with category headings. I would then like to add other specific fields to the new data base and use it for mail merge. I tried copy and paste from contacts to Excel but it didn't carry all of the fields or column headings. I tried the data pro to import from contacts with no luck
Can anyone help me with this matter?

 

[CyberTaz]

I have no idea what you're referring to as "data pro" & you don't mention
"where" these Contacts are stored, but I assume they are Entourage Contacts.
If so use the Entourage feature File> Export - Contacts to a list
(tab-delimited text) to create a text file which you can then import into
Excel using Data> Get External Data> Import Text File.

However, *all* fields will be included in the export. Use the features of
Excel's Import Wizard to eliminate unwanted fields (or you can delete the
columns once the import is complete, but that's more of a hassle). Then add
the new fields to the Excel list.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac