For a mail merge, can I sort by category using Outlook contacts?
 

I want to mail merge in Publisher using a category within my contacts in
Outlook, but I can’t sort them by category. The field is not even listed.
How can I fix this? I know I could divide them into folders, but that would
make navigating my contacts more difficult. The category system really works
the best, it just needs to be able to merge properly and it’d be perfect.

P.S.
 

And starting the merge from Outlook doesn't help considering Outlook can only
merge to Word.

For a mail merge, can I sort by category using Outlook contacts?
 

Can't be fixed. What I'd probably try is saving the document as an HTML file, and starting a merge to that document from Outlook. Whether it works will doubtless depend on the complexity of the Publisher document and how well it translates to HTML.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
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"Katie" wrote in message ...
I want to mail merge in Publisher using a category within my contacts in
Outlook, but I can’t sort them by category. The field is not even listed.
How can I fix this? I know I could divide them into folders, but that would
make navigating my contacts more difficult. The category system really works
the best, it just needs to be able to merge properly and it’d be perfect.

For a mail merge, can I sort by category using Outlook contact
 

Drat. Thanks for your help.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Can't be fixed. What I'd probably try is saving the document as an HTML file, and starting a merge to that document from Outlook. Whether it works will doubtless depend on the complexity of the Publisher document and how well it translates to HTML.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Katie" wrote in message ...
I want to mail merge in Publisher using a category within my contacts in
Outlook, but I can’t sort them by category. The field is not even listed.
How can I fix this? I know I could divide them into folders, but that would
make navigating my contacts more difficult. The category system really works
the best, it just needs to be able to merge properly and it’d be perfect.

For a mail merge, can I sort by category using Outlook contact
 

Group by Category - the field is the right most one in Phone List view (off
screen to right).

--
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Canberra, Australia


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www.acorntraining.com.au/productivit.htm
"Katie" wrote in message
...
Drat. Thanks for your help.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Can't be fixed. What I'd probably try is saving the document as an HTML
file, and starting a merge to that document from Outlook. Whether it works
will doubtless depend on the complexity of the Publisher document and how
well it translates to HTML.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Katie" wrote in message
...
I want to mail merge in Publisher using a category within my contacts
in
Outlook, but I can't sort them by category. The field is not even
listed.
How can I fix this? I know I could divide them into folders, but that
would
make navigating my contacts more difficult. The category system really
works
the best, it just needs to be able to merge properly and it'd be
perfect.

For a mail merge, can I sort by category using Outlook contact
 

if publisher doesn't offer the ability to filter by category, create a view
in outlook that contains just the fields and records you need in the merge
and copy and paste into notepad. use that as the merge source instead of
outlook.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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"Katie" wrote in message
...
Drat. Thanks for your help.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Can't be fixed. What I'd probably try is saving the document as an HTML
file, and starting a merge to that document from Outlook. Whether it
works will doubtless depend on the complexity of the Publisher document
and how well it translates to HTML.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Katie" wrote in message
...
I want to mail merge in Publisher using a category within my contacts in
Outlook, but I can't sort them by category. The field is not even
listed.
How can I fix this? I know I could divide them into folders, but that
would
make navigating my contacts more difficult. The category system really
works
the best, it just needs to be able to merge properly and it'd be
perfect.