Can't Connect Word Mail Merge to Mail Client

Thanks, I wasn't aware. I may just dump 2007 and go back to 2003. So far, I
haven't seen a single feature that is useful to me and it's a whole lot more
difficult to use. I believe that the person who designed the new interface
should be hung! A note: I will begin exchanging MS Access data bases with
another person, and he is using 2007, so I may have to grit my teeth and stay
with 2007. I'm the treasurer for a non-profit organization and Microsoft was
very generous and I didn't pay too much for 2007 and wanted to stay current.
The difficulty of using 2007 was a shock to me. But, I can learn it if
necessary.

Bob

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

> > For my needs Office 2003 (or Open Office/Star Office) is
> > a better product that lacks only the e-mail merge.
>
> It is probably too late now, but Office 2003 was/is also capable of merge to
> e-mail. However, running a mixture of Word and Outlook where the versions
> differ is not recommended (e.g. Word 2003 + Outlook 2007) because various
> capabilities are lost.
>
> --
> Peter Jamieson
> http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
>
> "takalevy" <takalevy.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3742E93A-7FC7-4AD1-934E-7EC209D81950@microsoft.com...
> >I just created a test word and test excel database and saved both in 2003
> > format. I then attempted to do the merge and got message that Outlook
> > wasn't
> > my default mail client. I changed this and merge proceeded, so apparently
> > the old file type wasn't the problem. Previously I did not get msg that
> > Outlook needed to be default client, but when I got things working I did
> > set
> > Outlook to be default mail client.
> >
> > One non-related comment: I really dislike the new interface. It's very
> > complex and difficult to use and since products don't come with manuals
> > it's
> > a real time waster. For my needs Office 2003 (or Open Office/Star Office)
> > is
> > a better product that lacks only the e-mail merge.
> >
> > An example of my concerns: On 2003 you could see which files were loaded
> > and switch between them from the main menu bar. I finally found this
> > capability under View > Switch Windows.
> >
> > Thanks so much for your help.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > "Peter Jamieson" wrote:
> >
> >> Glad you got it working, and thanks for the useful feedback.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Peter Jamieson
> >> http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
> >>
> >> "takalevy" <takalevy.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:869C0E69-05DB-41E4-81C7-917362B8E989@microsoft.com...
> >> >I was using the HTML format and I don't think that was the issue. I
> >> >think
> >> > that since I was trying to use the files that I used last year under
> >> > Office
> >> > 2003 (with hard copy printed output) in Office 2007 the suite was
> >> > working
> >> > in
> >> > a 2003 emulation mode. I made a number of changes at once, so I'm not
> >> > positive, but I believe that when I saved files in 2007 mode and
> >> > reloaded
> >> > them, things worked. I tried creating a simple 4 row test matrix using
> >> > Excel
> >> > 2007 and created a simple template in Word 2007 and they worked fine,
> >> > that's
> >> > why I tried saving my older files in 2007 format and retrying things.
> >> > The
> >> > older files did a printed mail merge just fine (as they did using 2003)
> >> > and
> >> > that threw my off the problem. Documentation says that you must use
> >> > all
> >> > 2007
> >> > applications to to e-mail merge, but I didn't see a note that my files
> >> > had
> >> > to
> >> > be updated to 2007.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks very much for your help.
> >> >
> >> > Bob
> >> >
> >> > "Peter Jamieson" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> If you are trying to merge to email using HTML format, I suggest you
> >> >> try
> >> >> a
> >> >> test merge using plain text format,
> >> >> a. to see if that makes any difference (you will have to respond to
> >> >> the
> >> >> security dialog boxes that appear when you use plain text fomat)
> >> >> b. because at least one user has reported that doing a merge using
> >> >> plain
> >> >> text resulted in a working merge to HTML scenario (although others
> >> >> have
> >> >> reported serious problems with Word 2007 merge to HTML).
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Peter Jamieson
> >> >> http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
> >> >>
> >> >> "takalevy" <takalevy.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:1439B3D8-80E4-4AD8-96CC-EC0F1A4038A6@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > I've created a mail merge file using Word 2007 and Excel 2007. It
> >> >> > prints
> >> >> > great, but I cannot get it to send by e-mail. I'm sure problem is
> >> >> > that
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > have to define mail client and somehow attach it to Word. I have
> >> >> > Office
> >> >> > 2007
> >> >> > Pro Plus installed. I've configured Outlook 2007 to work as an IMAP
> >> >> > client
> >> >> > on GMAIL and it works perfectly and have set it up as default mail
> >> >> > client.
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > also have Thunderbird 2.0 installed. When I go to Mailings >Finish
> >> >> > &
> >> >> > Merge >
> >> >> > Send E- Mail Messages the 'Merge to E-mail screen comes up and I've
> >> >> > set
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > To: Field to EMAIL which is the field in my data that contains
> >> >> > e-mail
> >> >> > addresses, I've also set the Send Records to Current Record and
> >> >> > clicked
> >> >> > ok.
> >> >> > The Merge to E-mail screen closes and nothing happens. I can't
> >> >> > find
> >> >> > anything in the help screens to resolve problem. Any suggestions
> >> >> > would
> >> >> > be
> >> >> > appreciated.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
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