Print labels by Catagory in Outlook 2003

[Lippy Pantaloons]

My wife needs to print X-Mas mailing labels. She has assigned the proper
Outlook contacts to the Catagory 'Christmas'. When I do the Word mail merge,
there is no sort column for Catagories. You can sort by Name, Zip Code, and
even User Field 1, but there is not Catagory column.

I can create perfect labels - no issues - but I cannot sort by Catagory.

I am using Outlook 2003 and Word 2002 SP3.

Thank you very much.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Start the merge from Outlook. There you can sort Contacts by Category, then
perform the merge to the selected Contacts.

 

[Lippy Pantaloons]

Thank you for getting back so fast.

OK - I have no idea how to merge to the selected Contacts. All the Help
files tell you to do a label printable mail merge by opening Word, using the
Merge Wizard, and importing from Contacts.

How do I sort by Catagory and then export them to something I can print?

Please, talk to me like I am an idiot who needs a little step by step

Thanks again.

Start the merge from Outlook. There you can sort Contacts by Category, then
perform the merge to the selected Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

My wife needs to print X-Mas mailing labels. She has assigned the proper
Outlook contacts to the Catagory 'Christmas'. When I do the Word mail
merge,
there is no sort column for Catagories. You can sort by Name, Zip Code,
and
even User Field 1, but there is not Catagory column.

I can create perfect labels - no issues - but I cannot sort by Catagory.

I am using Outlook 2003 and Word 2002 SP3.

Thank you very much.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Do what I said instead. Start the merge from your Outlook Contacts Folder in
the By Category view.
Detailed Instructions:
Tools > Mail Merge...
Follow the prompts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thank you for getting back so fast.

OK - I have no idea how to merge to the selected Contacts. All the Help
files tell you to do a label printable mail merge by opening Word, using
the
Merge Wizard, and importing from Contacts.

How do I sort by Catagory and then export them to something I can print?

Please, talk to me like I am an idiot who needs a little step by step

Thanks again.

Start the merge from Outlook. There you can sort Contacts by Category,
then
perform the merge to the selected Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

My wife needs to print X-Mas mailing labels. She has assigned the
proper
Outlook contacts to the Catagory 'Christmas'. When I do the Word mail
merge,
there is no sort column for Catagories. You can sort by Name, Zip
Code,
and
even User Field 1, but there is not Catagory column.

I can create perfect labels - no issues - but I cannot sort by
Catagory.

I am using Outlook 2003 and Word 2002 SP3.

Thank you very much.

 

[Dee]

Hi there,

I followed the below instructions: Changed my view to show only contacts in
my Christmas Card category, then started mail merge from Outlook. I went
through all the steps and it moved over to Word. When I got into word I
followed the promts in the box that popped up, but when it was all finished,
there was nothing in the labels; they were all empty. For the life of me I
can't figure out why.

Thanks,
Dee

Do what I said instead. Start the merge from your Outlook Contacts Folder in
the By Category view.
Detailed Instructions:
Tools > Mail Merge...
Follow the prompts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thank you for getting back so fast.

OK - I have no idea how to merge to the selected Contacts. All the Help
files tell you to do a label printable mail merge by opening Word, using
the
Merge Wizard, and importing from Contacts.

How do I sort by Catagory and then export them to something I can print?

Please, talk to me like I am an idiot who needs a little step by step

Thanks again.

Start the merge from Outlook. There you can sort Contacts by Category,
then
perform the merge to the selected Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message My wife needs to print X-Mas mailing labels. She has assigned the
proper
Outlook contacts to the Catagory 'Christmas'. When I do the Word mail
merge,
there is no sort column for Catagories. You can sort by Name, Zip
Code,
and
even User Field 1, but there is not Catagory column.

I can create perfect labels - no issues - but I cannot sort by
Catagory.

I am using Outlook 2003 and Word 2002 SP3.

Thank you very much.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Neither can we. Try filling in the blanks. What prompts you followed and
what happenend thereafter are known only to you, and we cannot read minds.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi there,

I followed the below instructions: Changed my view to show only contacts
in
my Christmas Card category, then started mail merge from Outlook. I went
through all the steps and it moved over to Word. When I got into word I
followed the promts in the box that popped up, but when it was all
finished,
there was nothing in the labels; they were all empty. For the life of me
I
can't figure out why.

Thanks,
Dee

Do what I said instead. Start the merge from your Outlook Contacts Folder
in
the By Category view.
Detailed Instructions:
Tools > Mail Merge...
Follow the prompts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thank you for getting back so fast.

OK - I have no idea how to merge to the selected Contacts. All the
Help
files tell you to do a label printable mail merge by opening Word,
using
the
Merge Wizard, and importing from Contacts.

How do I sort by Catagory and then export them to something I can
print?

Please, talk to me like I am an idiot who needs a little step by step


Thanks again.

:

Start the merge from Outlook. There you can sort Contacts by Category,
then
perform the merge to the selected Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
in
message My wife needs to print X-Mas mailing labels. She has assigned the
proper
Outlook contacts to the Catagory 'Christmas'. When I do the Word
mail
merge,
there is no sort column for Catagories. You can sort by Name, Zip
Code,
and
even User Field 1, but there is not Catagory column.

I can create perfect labels - no issues - but I cannot sort by
Catagory.

I am using Outlook 2003 and Word 2002 SP3.

Thank you very much.