Word 2002/XP UK addresses on envelopes

[Christine Moon]

I already asked this on the word.international.features group, but didn't
get a satisfactory answer - only a workaround that involved more work than
the one I am already using (which is to cut/paste the data around).

I am having problems with addressing envelopes in Word 2002. Using mailing
addresses from Outlook 2002 Contacts, the Postcode appears after the Town,
on the same line. It should be after the County, and on a new line. Also
'United Kingdom' appears on every address. I only want the country when
it's a foreign address. I have the language set to UK English and my PC's
International settings are correct.

I had a similar problem with labels, which I got round by initiating mail
merge from Outlook instead of Word, but I can't find a way to do
individual envelopes.

I had no problems with previous versions of Word; I find it hard to believe
that Microsoft no longer supports UK addresses!

Christine Moon

 

[BMC]

I had no problems with previous versions of Word; I find it hard to believe
that Microsoft no longer supports UK addresses!

Unfortunately this is also the case with Word 2003

 

[BMC]

Unfortunately this is also the case with Word 2003

Or to clarify, the addresses are formatted:

[No] [Street Name]
[Town] [Post Code]
[County]

But I'm not getting United Kingdom (and shouldn't be, as I am in the UK).
European addresses seem to be handled correctly.

Incidently, Royal Mail's preferred address format omits the county, even
though the rest of the nation includes it.

 

[James Silverton]

to
believe

Unfortunately this is also the case with Word 2003

Or to clarify, the addresses are formatted:

[No] [Street Name]
[Town] [Post Code]
[County]

But I'm not getting United Kingdom (and shouldn't be, as I am in the UK).
European addresses seem to be handled correctly.

Incidently, Royal Mail's preferred address format omits the county, even
though the rest of the nation includes it.

I guess you don't really need the county since it is multiply
redundant with a post code. It's similar in the US tho' here the
convention is to add the state. In principle, if you knew the 11 digit
US Zip code that would be a sufficient address but I have not had the
nerve to try it yet! Outlook 2002 doesn't just fool around with UK
addresses. I still can't set the default to omit United States of
America and have to set it to blank manually.

Jim.

 

[BMC]

I guess you don't really need the county since it is multiply
redundant with a post code. It's similar in the US tho' here the
convention is to add the state. In principle, if you knew the 11 digit
US Zip code that would be a sufficient address but I have not had the
nerve to try it yet! Outlook 2002 doesn't just fool around with UK
addresses. I still can't set the default to omit United States of
America and have to set it to blank manually.

Jim.

In the UK all you really need is the house number and postcode as each
postcode only covers about thirty addresses max, although the postman who
actually has to deliver the letter probably woudn't appreciate you doing
that.

 

[Christine Moon]

Well, I can't get rid of 'United Kingdom' (where I am also). I'd noticed
European addresses seem to be OK - at least it put the postal code correctly
before the town in a German address.

What I don't understand is why this stopped working with Word 2002 after it
had worked fine in earlier versions of Word. Outlook still formats
addresses correctly too - can I expect that will go wrong as well in future
versions?

Christine