Mail merge (ol xp pub 2000)

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I am not sure if this is an OL question or a Pub 2000 question.

I have about 400 contacts in OL divided into about 20 Catagories. Business, Family, etc.

I want to do a mail merge using just 1 catagory, say family.
If I start the mail merge from OL it will let me select the contacts in the 1 catagory,( about 50 or so) but it will only let me send the mail merge to WORD. I want to send it to a Publisher 2000 file.

If I start the mail merge from Publisher 2000 I can only get it to go get the complete contact list of 400. (even if I change the ‘Current View” in OL to reflect the Family catagory)

Is it possible to do an OL catagory merge to Publisher 2000.
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Maybe you can export a data file that Publisher can use for the merge? Outlook’s import/export filters may not have been installed by default; have your CD handy the first time you try them.

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Maybe you can export a data file that Publisher can use for the merge? Outlook’s import/export filters may not have been installed by default; have your CD handy the first time you try them.

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If Publisher doesn’t have an option like word does to filter contacts, what data sources will it use? You can use your current method to save a doc to use with publisher or move contacts to a different folder until the merge is complete. (I would prefer use Outlook’s mail merge dialog ot create a word document for the data source.)

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If Publisher doesn’t have an option like word does to filter contacts, what data sources will it use? You can use your current method to save a doc to use with publisher or move contacts to a different folder until the merge is complete. (I would prefer use Outlook’s mail merge dialog ot create a word document for the data source.)

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If Publisher will work with it, you may be able to use Access as your intermediary. In 2000 (and 2002), when you open Access and start a new database, go into File, get External Data, Import, Files of Type, you will see an Outlook() option that allows you to select an Outlook Folder and create a database from it. I do not know if you can drill down to Categories.

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If Publisher will work with it, you may be able to use Access as your intermediary. In 2000 (and 2002), when you open Access and start a new database, go into File, get External Data, Import, Files of Type, you will see an Outlook() option that allows you to select an Outlook Folder and create a database from it. I do not know if you can drill down to Categories.

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Thanks everyone, I will try the suggestions. I think I will probably have to breakdown and use Word to do the mailer page and then just add it to the Pubisher document.
Mike

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Thanks everyone, I will try the suggestions. I think I will probably have to breakdown and use Word to do the mailer page and then just add it to the Pubisher document.
Mike

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