[Dba-office] OK, I'll be first

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Thu Dec 18 06:33:38 CST 2014


So the answer is - Kathryn can't do what she is trying to do.  :)

To be specific, you can't do the mail merge and filter by categories in Word, you have to do 
all the filtering in  Outlook  and then invoke Word once you have done so.

-- 
Stuart 

On 18 Dec 2014 at 6:28, Susan Harkins wrote:

> <
> http://www.techrepublic.com/article/pro-tip-combine-outlook-categories
> -with-a-word-mail-merge/ >
> 
> You're gonna love how easy this is Kathryn. :)
> 
> Susan H.
> 
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:18 PM, Kathryn Bassett
> <kathryn at bassett.net> wrote: > > ... to ask a question on the new
> list. Trying to make labels for my > Christmas cards using my Outlook
> Contacts. I've got the page of labels in > Word, and using the Mail
> Merge wizard, I select from Outlook Contacts. But > I > can't figure
> out how to tell it I only want to use the Contacts that have >
> "category" Christmas, NOT all the contacts. I think I'll be ok after
> that, > but can't figure out that stipulation. Using Office 2010 if it
> makes a > difference. > > -- > Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA)
> > "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" > kathryn at bassett.net >
> http://bassett.net > > > > >
> _______________________________________________ > Dba-office mailing
> list > Dba-office at databaseadvisors.com >
> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-office >
> _______________________________________________ Dba-office mailing
> list Dba-office at databaseadvisors.com
> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-office
> 




More information about the Dba-office mailing list