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

Susan Harkins ssharkins at gmail.com
Thu Dec 18 16:26:44 CST 2014


No, I think this answers exactly what Kathryn asked. She selects an Outlook
category to send to the merge.

Susan H.

On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:
>
> 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 > > > > >
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