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when i mail merge my contact in word only "next record" come up I have tried
several time with no success. I download a trail of word and then went and
purchased the home addition so i should have full mail merge access. Right?
Please help I am trying to print Christmas labels
 
Cate and Co said:
when i mail merge my contact in word only "next record" come up I have tried
several time with no success. I download a trail of word and then went and
purchased the home addition so i should have full mail merge access. Right?
Please help I am trying to print Christmas labels
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I think you should go at this through Word. Are you familiar with the Word
mail merge? You should as if you are.

In Word go to Tools/Letters and envelopes/mail merge.
Select labels, then go to the bottom of the window
Select Start Document.
Select Label Options and select the type of label that you want.
A new document is created for your mail merge.

Select Recipients.
Select from Outlook Contacts
Choose Contact folder
Select from the contact list
OK
Arrange your labels
Address block
Be sure to click the box which says "update all labels."
Preview your labels to make sure they are exactly as you want them. If you
want to make changes, select Edit. Or you can finish your merge. Be sure to
save your final document so that you can return to it later.

That is sort of a step-by-step that I put together when I finally got
everything to work. I hope it helps you.


Russ Valentine said:
We have no idea what you're doing wrong because we have no idea what you
did.
Did you follow the instructions? Read them again. Makes sure you pay
attention to the "propagate labels" step.
http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Cate and Co said:
when i mail merge my contact in word only "next record" come up I have
tried
several time with no success. I download a trail of word and then went and
purchased the home addition so i should have full mail merge access.
Right?
Please help I am trying to print Christmas labels
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Won't help. It doesn't matter whether you start in Outlook or Word. The
procedure is the same and requires the same steps. All mail merges are done
in Word. Following the correct steps is always required. That's why I posted
them.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Optimist said:
I think you should go at this through Word. Are you familiar with the Word
mail merge? You should as if you are.

In Word go to Tools/Letters and envelopes/mail merge.
Select labels, then go to the bottom of the window
Select Start Document.
Select Label Options and select the type of label that you want.
A new document is created for your mail merge.

Select Recipients.
Select from Outlook Contacts
Choose Contact folder
Select from the contact list
OK
Arrange your labels
Address block
Be sure to click the box which says "update all labels."
Preview your labels to make sure they are exactly as you want them. If
you
want to make changes, select Edit. Or you can finish your merge. Be sure
to
save your final document so that you can return to it later.

That is sort of a step-by-step that I put together when I finally got
everything to work. I hope it helps you.


Russ Valentine said:
We have no idea what you're doing wrong because we have no idea what you
did.
Did you follow the instructions? Read them again. Makes sure you pay
attention to the "propagate labels" step.
http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Cate and Co said:
when i mail merge my contact in word only "next record" come up I have
tried
several time with no success. I download a trail of word and then went
and
purchased the home addition so i should have full mail merge access.
Right?
Please help I am trying to print Christmas labels
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What does seem to matter is whether you are running XP or Vista as your OS.
You get different results, or at least, I do.

On a Vista machine, I don't get "label options"--I get a dialog box that
allows me to print one label or a page full of identical labels. That latter
choice would be great if I wanted to print some return address labels but
wait: no! I have a list of Christmas cards to send, like 30 million other
people in North America.

Reverting to XP, I get "recipients" and can choose an a contact folder from
an Outlook file. Here, I can't filter by the "Xmas" category I assigned to
some of my contacts. I have to pick each of the 400 addressees (from my 2,000
contacts) all over again.

Here's a suggestion: make Bill Gates use this POS (without assistance form
an MVP) to send his Christmas cards.


Russ Valentine said:
Won't help. It doesn't matter whether you start in Outlook or Word. The
procedure is the same and requires the same steps. All mail merges are done
in Word. Following the correct steps is always required. That's why I posted
them.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Optimist said:
I think you should go at this through Word. Are you familiar with the Word
mail merge? You should as if you are.

In Word go to Tools/Letters and envelopes/mail merge.
Select labels, then go to the bottom of the window
Select Start Document.
Select Label Options and select the type of label that you want.
A new document is created for your mail merge.

Select Recipients.
Select from Outlook Contacts
Choose Contact folder
Select from the contact list
OK
Arrange your labels
Address block
Be sure to click the box which says "update all labels."
Preview your labels to make sure they are exactly as you want them. If
you
want to make changes, select Edit. Or you can finish your merge. Be sure
to
save your final document so that you can return to it later.

That is sort of a step-by-step that I put together when I finally got
everything to work. I hope it helps you.


Russ Valentine said:
We have no idea what you're doing wrong because we have no idea what you
did.
Did you follow the instructions? Read them again. Makes sure you pay
attention to the "propagate labels" step.
http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
when i mail merge my contact in word only "next record" come up I have
tried
several time with no success. I download a trail of word and then went
and
purchased the home addition so i should have full mail merge access.
Right?
Please help I am trying to print Christmas labels
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