Special Edition Using Microsoft® Word 2000

Using an Outlook Address Book as a Data Source

Many Word users have stored hundreds or thousands of contacts in Microsoft Outlook, which they use to track contacts, tasks, schedules, email and other aspects of their business relationships. Word makes it easy to use Outlook contact information as the data source in a mail merge.

To do so, first create your main document. Next, click the Mail Merge Helper button on the Mail Merge toolbar to display the Mail Merge Helper. Click Get Data, and click Use Address Book. The Use Address Book dialog box opens (see Figure 14.14). Choose the Outlook Address Book you want to use, and click OK.

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