Print labels by Catagory in Outlook 2003

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My wife needs to print X-Mas mailing labels. She has assigned the proper
Outlook contacts to the Catagory 'Christmas'. When I do the Word mail merge,
there is no sort column for Catagories. You can sort by Name, Zip Code, and
even User Field 1, but there is not Catagory column.

I can create perfect labels - no issues - but I cannot sort by Catagory.

I am using Outlook 2003 and Word 2002 SP3.

Thank you very much.
 
Start the merge from Outlook. There you can sort Contacts by Category, then
perform the merge to the selected Contacts.
 
Thank you for getting back so fast.

OK - I have no idea how to merge to the selected Contacts. All the Help
files tell you to do a label printable mail merge by opening Word, using the
Merge Wizard, and importing from Contacts.

How do I sort by Catagory and then export them to something I can print?

Please, talk to me like I am an idiot who needs a little step by step :)

Thanks again.

Russ Valentine said:
Start the merge from Outlook. There you can sort Contacts by Category, then
perform the merge to the selected Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lippy Pantaloons said:
My wife needs to print X-Mas mailing labels. She has assigned the proper
Outlook contacts to the Catagory 'Christmas'. When I do the Word mail
merge,
there is no sort column for Catagories. You can sort by Name, Zip Code,
and
even User Field 1, but there is not Catagory column.

I can create perfect labels - no issues - but I cannot sort by Catagory.

I am using Outlook 2003 and Word 2002 SP3.

Thank you very much.
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Do what I said instead. Start the merge from your Outlook Contacts Folder in
the By Category view.
Detailed Instructions:
Tools > Mail Merge...
Follow the prompts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lippy Pantaloons said:
Thank you for getting back so fast.

OK - I have no idea how to merge to the selected Contacts. All the Help
files tell you to do a label printable mail merge by opening Word, using
the
Merge Wizard, and importing from Contacts.

How do I sort by Catagory and then export them to something I can print?

Please, talk to me like I am an idiot who needs a little step by step :)

Thanks again.

Russ Valentine said:
Start the merge from Outlook. There you can sort Contacts by Category,
then
perform the merge to the selected Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lippy Pantaloons said:
My wife needs to print X-Mas mailing labels. She has assigned the
proper
Outlook contacts to the Catagory 'Christmas'. When I do the Word mail
merge,
there is no sort column for Catagories. You can sort by Name, Zip
Code,
and
even User Field 1, but there is not Catagory column.

I can create perfect labels - no issues - but I cannot sort by
Catagory.

I am using Outlook 2003 and Word 2002 SP3.

Thank you very much.
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Hi there,

I followed the below instructions: Changed my view to show only contacts in
my Christmas Card category, then started mail merge from Outlook. I went
through all the steps and it moved over to Word. When I got into word I
followed the promts in the box that popped up, but when it was all finished,
there was nothing in the labels; they were all empty. For the life of me I
can't figure out why.

Thanks,
Dee

Russ Valentine said:
Do what I said instead. Start the merge from your Outlook Contacts Folder in
the By Category view.
Detailed Instructions:
Tools > Mail Merge...
Follow the prompts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lippy Pantaloons said:
Thank you for getting back so fast.

OK - I have no idea how to merge to the selected Contacts. All the Help
files tell you to do a label printable mail merge by opening Word, using
the
Merge Wizard, and importing from Contacts.

How do I sort by Catagory and then export them to something I can print?

Please, talk to me like I am an idiot who needs a little step by step :)

Thanks again.

Russ Valentine said:
Start the merge from Outlook. There you can sort Contacts by Category,
then
perform the merge to the selected Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message My wife needs to print X-Mas mailing labels. She has assigned the
proper
Outlook contacts to the Catagory 'Christmas'. When I do the Word mail
merge,
there is no sort column for Catagories. You can sort by Name, Zip
Code,
and
even User Field 1, but there is not Catagory column.

I can create perfect labels - no issues - but I cannot sort by
Catagory.

I am using Outlook 2003 and Word 2002 SP3.

Thank you very much.
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Neither can we. Try filling in the blanks. What prompts you followed and
what happenend thereafter are known only to you, and we cannot read minds.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Dee said:
Hi there,

I followed the below instructions: Changed my view to show only contacts
in
my Christmas Card category, then started mail merge from Outlook. I went
through all the steps and it moved over to Word. When I got into word I
followed the promts in the box that popped up, but when it was all
finished,
there was nothing in the labels; they were all empty. For the life of me
I
can't figure out why.

Thanks,
Dee

Russ Valentine said:
Do what I said instead. Start the merge from your Outlook Contacts Folder
in
the By Category view.
Detailed Instructions:
Tools > Mail Merge...
Follow the prompts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lippy Pantaloons said:
Thank you for getting back so fast.

OK - I have no idea how to merge to the selected Contacts. All the
Help
files tell you to do a label printable mail merge by opening Word,
using
the
Merge Wizard, and importing from Contacts.

How do I sort by Catagory and then export them to something I can
print?

Please, talk to me like I am an idiot who needs a little step by step
:)

Thanks again.

:

Start the merge from Outlook. There you can sort Contacts by Category,
then
perform the merge to the selected Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
in
message My wife needs to print X-Mas mailing labels. She has assigned the
proper
Outlook contacts to the Catagory 'Christmas'. When I do the Word
mail
merge,
there is no sort column for Catagories. You can sort by Name, Zip
Code,
and
even User Field 1, but there is not Catagory column.

I can create perfect labels - no issues - but I cannot sort by
Catagory.

I am using Outlook 2003 and Word 2002 SP3.

Thank you very much.
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