Need Suggestions on Help Emailing to Specific Group,

[pubilshing gal]

Ok I have Outlook 2007. I have all of my contacts in my contact list and I
also use Business Contacts for a small home business/website I run. I send
out regular email notifications from Microsoft Publisher 2007.
And I have all of my contacts sorted by groups. But what I have run into on
numerous times is when I'm ready to email a flyer or email, I can't send an
email by a group. So I end up having to click each persons name in by hand.
Then when I tried to send a Marketing Campaign through Business Contact that
is so hard to understand how to sort the names out.
What is the best recommendation for getting all of my business contacts into
one group so that when I need to send an email I can just click that group
and mail it all off?And How Do I do it. Is there a video that shows me the
steps or can someone simplify the steps. Please
I remeber reading somewhere when i first started Distribution,

 

[Gordon]

Ok I have Outlook 2007. I have all of my contacts in my contact list and I
also use Business Contacts for a small home business/website I run. I send
out regular email notifications from Microsoft Publisher 2007.
And I have all of my contacts sorted by groups. But what I have run into
on
numerous times is when I'm ready to email a flyer or email, I can't send
an
email by a group. So I end up having to click each persons name in by
hand.
Then when I tried to send a Marketing Campaign through Business Contact
that
is so hard to understand how to sort the names out.
What is the best recommendation for getting all of my business contacts
into
one group so that when I need to send an email I can just click that group
and mail it all off?And How Do I do it. Is there a video that shows me the
steps or can someone simplify the steps. Please
I remeber reading somewhere when i first started Distribution,

What do you mean by "group"? Outlook doesn't use "groups" AFAIK.....

 

[pubilshing gal]

Hi Gordon, I mean if I have a selected list of contacts taht i always want to
send an email to, what would you recommend I do or set up. Initially I
categorized alll of my contacts into categories( I called them Group but
maybe I should have said Categories) . And I send out periodic emails flyers,
etc. But Im always having to go in and type individual names because whenever
I click the "To" link and try to type in the Category name, it wont let me do
that. Instead I have to look at each name within a given category and click
their names individually. I know there must be a simpler way to do this I
just don't know how to do it. can you help?

 

[Gordon]

Hi Gordon, I mean if I have a selected list of contacts taht i always want
to
send an email to, what would you recommend I do or set up. Initially I
categorized alll of my contacts into categories( I called them Group but
maybe I should have said Categories) .

Yes - Categories is the correct Outlook term.

And I send out periodic emails flyers,
etc. But Im always having to go in and type individual names because
whenever
I click the "To" link and try to type in the Category name, it wont let me
do
that. Instead I have to look at each name within a given category and
click
their names individually. I know there must be a simpler way to do this I
just don't know how to do it. can you help?

You're doing it the wrong way. Outlook 2007 seems to have changed in that
all the initiation is done from within Contacts, not the New Mail Window.
Open Contacts, view them by Category.
Highlight the Category Name and then do Actions-Create-New Message to
Contact.

HTH

 

[pubilshing gal]

Gordon, thanks for that reply. Hmm so would this also apply if you're sending
the email from a program. I use Publisher to send emails. i click File Send
Email as Message and then an email form pops up in Outlook. That's where I'm
supposed to add my contacts. So you're suggestion I do it from within Contact
first and attach the message as the email. Ok Ill try that.
Thanks.

 

[pubilshing gal]

Ok gordon, i just tried what you said. And yep the emails within the specific
category came up as you said they would. However I want to send the flyer as
the email message. In this way you taught me I would have to attach the flyer
to the group or message and then they have to open it. I want it to pop up
immediately when they open their email. Again I usually use Microsoft
Publisher 2007 to send flyers or emails because they are so easy to work
with. How do I do that?let me know

 

[Gordon]

Ok gordon, i just tried what you said. And yep the emails within the
specific
category came up as you said they would. However I want to send the flyer
as
the email message. In this way you taught me I would have to attach the
flyer
to the group or message and then they have to open it. I want it to pop up
immediately when they open their email. Again I usually use Microsoft
Publisher 2007 to send flyers or emails because they are so easy to work
with. How do I do that?let me know

This might work. Create the email as you have done, then click on the Insert
tab and in the Text section click on Object....

 

[pubilshing gal]

Hey Gordon, I followed your instructions. When I went to click on "Object"
under teh Text tab, it's isn't highlighted and I can't click it. the only tab
that is Highlighted and clickable is the "Insert" tab and I can click "attach
and item", "Attache a File" or "Business Card"