Change to Phone List view and then you can select a whole bunch of people.
If you do get around to Categorising, grouping by Category is useful.

There are many posts here about mailmerging. Try a search.

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Judy Gleeson, MVP Outlook
www.acorntraining.com.au
author of Productiv_IT with Outlook
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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How odd.
You said you created categories.
Next time, say what you mean. It'll save us some time.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Jo Foster" wrote in message
news
I didn't put any categories on the contacts list, just a keyword or place
or
committee name in the notes section. This works for the purposes of
pulling
up all those relevant contacts using "find", e.g. Haringey Council, or
farm
committee or farm staff. So I decided to add categories in the space
provided
only to find that you must choose from a pre-assigned list: business,
phone,
etc. Can't I insert my own categories? I know I receive emails addressed
to
"friends and family" or "political" or "elephants".

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Use the By Category view of your Contacts.
Select a Category
Actions New Message to Contact
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Jo Foster" wrote in message
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I have carefully compiled my contacts list so I can "find" everyone in
a
particular category but have not done "distribution lists" because
several
people fit more than one. But how do I send a group an email? I
managed it
in
Outlook Express by having separate address lists and even managed
"undisclosed recipient". I can't understand micrsoft's instructions,
or
indeed find them!
I'm using XP Professional