How do I create a mailing list/labels from my contacts in Outlook?

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Russ - How do I create a mailing labels using a Distribution list i created
inside Outlook contacts.

Russ Valentine said:
Post a detailed question in the body of the post if you have one.
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You can't, of course. DL's don't even contain address information. They only
contain e-mail addresses. If you want to know how to make address labels
from your Contacts, read your Outlook and Word Help Files on "mail merge."
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lazz said:
Russ - How do I create a mailing labels using a Distribution list i
created
inside Outlook contacts.
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If I knew that I would't have asked the question. thanks for your follow up
anyway.

Russ Valentine said:
You can't, of course. DL's don't even contain address information. They only
contain e-mail addresses. If you want to know how to make address labels
from your Contacts, read your Outlook and Word Help Files on "mail merge."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lazz said:
Russ - How do I create a mailing labels using a Distribution list i
created
inside Outlook contacts.
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if I knew that I wouldn't have asked the question. Thanks for your reply
anyway.

Russ Valentine said:
You can't, of course. DL's don't even contain address information. They only
contain e-mail addresses. If you want to know how to make address labels
from your Contacts, read your Outlook and Word Help Files on "mail merge."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lazz said:
Russ - How do I create a mailing labels using a Distribution list i
created
inside Outlook contacts.
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I'm baffled. You created these DL's, right? Did you not know what they
contained or what they were to be used for? If so, I'm sorry. We assume a
basic level of understanding of Outlook features and how they should be used
when users post in these newsgroups. We have no way of knowing when that is
not the case. The more information you post accurately with your question,
the better your chances are of getting an accurate response. No one here can
read minds.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lazz said:
If I knew that I would't have asked the question. thanks for your follow
up
anyway.

Russ Valentine said:
You can't, of course. DL's don't even contain address information. They
only
contain e-mail addresses. If you want to know how to make address labels
from your Contacts, read your Outlook and Word Help Files on "mail
merge."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lazz said:
Russ - How do I create a mailing labels using a Distribution list i
created
inside Outlook contacts.

:

Post a detailed question in the body of the post if you have one.
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Lazz said:
if I knew that I wouldn't have asked the question. Thanks for your
reply anyway.
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But when you created the DL, you could see it contained only two field: Name
and E-mail Address. How could you create a mailing label from only those
two fields?
 
Open Word (this is Office 2003; there’s probably something similar in Office
2000)
Select Tools, Letters and Mailings, Mail merge
Document type is Directory
Use the current document, select Next
Select from Outlook Contacts
Choose Contacts folder
Address block


Lazz said:
Russ - How do I create a mailing labels using a Distribution list i created
inside Outlook contacts.
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Wrong. You cannot use a DL to create labels in any version of Outlook by any
method, including this one.
 
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