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Where is the mail merge option button in Office 2007? in Outlook General Questions

12/14/2006 3:42 AM PST

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	I have to mass e-mail a promotion, but can't seem to find the mail merge option. In Office 2003, it was under the tools menu and the cursor had to be inside the e-mail message in order to activate. Help Please!!!

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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]

12/14/2006 4:43 AM PST

I think you do mail merges from within Word now. If you type 'mail merge'
into the Help tool in Outlook it should point you in the right direction

"Nitza" <Nitza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:39ACE65A-315B-481A-9B98-87AB546E40F2@microsoft.com...
>I have to mass e-mail a promotion, but can't seem to find the mail merge
> option. In Office 2003, it was under the tools menu and the cursor had to
> be
> inside the e-mail message in order to activate.
>
> Help Please!!!

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

12/14/2006 5:27 AM PST

Answer

Outlook 2007 still has a Tools | Mail Merge command in any Contacts folder.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" <vince@omegageek.com> wrote in message news:uZrpA03HHHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I think you do mail merges from within Word now. If you type 'mail merge'
> into the Help tool in Outlook it should point you in the right direction
>
> "Nitza" <Nitza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39ACE65A-315B-481A-9B98-87AB546E40F2@microsoft.com...
>>I have to mass e-mail a promotion, but can't seem to find the mail merge
>> option. In Office 2003, it was under the tools menu and the cursor had to
>> be
>> inside the e-mail message in order to activate.
>>
>> Help Please!!!
>
>

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Nitza

12/14/2006 7:19 AM PST

Thanks for the prompt response. And yes...the mail merge is now through Word
(it took me a while). Honestly, it's disappointing that it's not directly
from Outlook anymore (it was faster to access).

The mail merge from Contacts is useful only if all emails areactually in
Outlook, but mine are not necessarily available in my Outlook Contacts.

Thanks again!

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Outlook 2007 still has a Tools | Mail Merge command in any Contacts folder.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
> and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
> "Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" <vince@omegageek.com> wrote in message news:uZrpA03HHHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >I think you do mail merges from within Word now. If you type 'mail merge'
> > into the Help tool in Outlook it should point you in the right direction
> >
> > "Nitza" <Nitza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:39ACE65A-315B-481A-9B98-87AB546E40F2@microsoft.com...
> >>I have to mass e-mail a promotion, but can't seem to find the mail merge
> >> option. In Office 2003, it was under the tools menu and the cursor had to
> >> be
> >> inside the e-mail message in order to activate.
> >>
> >> Help Please!!!
> >
> >
>

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Pat

10/9/2008 3:20 PM PST

I have the same problem...trying to merge an excel address list with an
outlook Email for an Email merge. The Email merge in Outlook is only for
existing Outlook contacts...nor does word do it. Now what? Why was this
function removed? This must go out tonite and it is hard to uninstall 2007,
then reinstall 2003.

Pat
412 260-9900 c

"Nitza" wrote:

> Thanks for the prompt response. And yes...the mail merge is now through Word
> (it took me a while). Honestly, it's disappointing that it's not directly
> from Outlook anymore (it was faster to access).
>
> The mail merge from Contacts is useful only if all emails areactually in
> Outlook, but mine are not necessarily available in my Outlook Contacts.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
> > Outlook 2007 still has a Tools | Mail Merge command in any Contacts folder.
> >
> > --
> > Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> > Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> > http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
> > and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> > Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> > http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
> >
> > "Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" <vince@omegageek.com> wrote in message news:uZrpA03HHHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > >I think you do mail merges from within Word now. If you type 'mail merge'
> > > into the Help tool in Outlook it should point you in the right direction
> > >
> > > "Nitza" <Nitza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:39ACE65A-315B-481A-9B98-87AB546E40F2@microsoft.com...
> > >>I have to mass e-mail a promotion, but can't seem to find the mail merge
> > >> option. In Office 2003, it was under the tools menu and the cursor had to
> > >> be
> > >> inside the e-mail message in order to activate.
> > >>
> > >> Help Please!!!
> > >
> > >
> >

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Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)

10/9/2008 3:51 PM PST

What's the problem? (in Word 2007) Mailings tab, Select Recipients, Use
Existing List....find your Excel spreadsheet...create your merge
document...start mail merge | E-mail Messages....

Is that not working for you?

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q

"Pat" <Pat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:70768908-DC0C-4478-8FAD-48005BC308AE@microsoft.com:

> I have the same problem...trying to merge an excel address list with an
> outlook Email for an Email merge. The Email merge in Outlook is only for
> existing Outlook contacts...nor does word do it. Now what? Why was this
> function removed? This must go out tonite and it is hard to uninstall 2007,
> then reinstall 2003.
>
> Pat
> 412 260-9900 c
>
> "Nitza" wrote:
>
>
> > Thanks for the prompt response. And yes...the mail merge is now through Word
> > (it took me a while). Honestly, it's disappointing that it's not directly
> > from Outlook anymore (it was faster to access).
> >
> > The mail merge from Contacts is useful only if all emails areactually in
> > Outlook, but mine are not necessarily available in my Outlook Contacts.
> >
> > Thanks again!
> >
> > "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
> >
>
> > > Outlook 2007 still has a Tools | Mail Merge command in any Contacts folder.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> > > Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> > > http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
> > > and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> > > Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> > > http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
> > >
> > > "Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" <vince@omegageek.com> wrote in message news:uZrpA03HHHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> > > >I think you do mail merges from within Word now. If you type 'mail merge'
> > > > into the Help tool in Outlook it should point you in the right direction
> > > >
> > > > "Nitza" <Nitza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:39ACE65A-315B-481A-9B98-87AB546E40F2@microsoft.com...
>
> > > >>I have to mass e-mail a promotion, but can't seem to find the mail merge
> > > >> option. In Office 2003, it was under the tools menu and the cursor had to
> > > >> be
> > > >> inside the e-mail message in order to activate.
> > > >>
> > > >> Help Please!!!
> > > >
> > > >
>
> > >

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TLSebastian

4/24/2008 2:00 PM PST

	Hey Vince (if this is indeed the Vince who works with AnimeNEXT), Is it possible to add an attachment to the email before it goes out? -- Trisha L. Sebastian Research Assistant, Brown Harris Stevens "Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: > I think you do mail merges from within Word now. If you type 'mail merge' > into the Help tool in Outlook it should point you in the right direction

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