Re: One-Click Single-Contact Mail Merge

You can write code in Word or Outlook for this. These pages should be
helpful:

http://www.slipstick.com/dev/vb.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/customprint.htm

Also see http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/startletter.htm for readymade
solutions
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"John T" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:103b701c3f2af$743a1cf0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi - and help!
>
> I am trying to find a way to generate a letter in
> Microsoft Word from a single contact in Microsoft
> Outlook. Typically, I do one of two things:
>
> 1) Open my letter template in Word and cut and paste the
> relevant contact information (name, address, salutation,
> etc.) from the Outlook Contact into my letter; or,
>
> 2) Open the contact in Outlook, then click Actions->New
> Letter to Contact, and follow the wizard.
>
> Unfortunately, each of these steps takes about a dozen
> clicks and 1-2 minutes. What I would LOVE is to be able
> to select a contact in Outlook, click a button, and
> generate the letter in Word with everything formatted
> correctly and in the right place. I have seen a couple of
> third-party solutions along these lines, but nothing that
> does exactly what I'm after. So that brings me to a do-it-
> myself solution.
>
> Now some background: I have only programmed through
> Visual Basic for Excel, and I'm pretty proficient at that
> but a total novice in other programs. I am willing to
> learn and have even looked at some books trying to figure
> out how to do this, but the level of knowledge that is
> assumed is too far above me. Some of my basic questions
> about this effort are as follows:
>
> 1) Does this require code-writing? I have to believe
> that it does....
> 2) Can I write code in Outlook or Word or do I need a
> stand-alone program - Visual Basic, for example?
> 3) Can anyone give me even the most basic architecture
> for this project - a sample of something that can get me
> started?
>
> Thanks very much - I'll be very grateful for any help from
> the discussion board....
>
> John T.
>
>