Mail merge from Outlook 2003 to Word 2003

[Susy Stern]

I am trying to get contacts in categories into a label
mail merge in Word 2003. I have categorized my
contacts. I have selected category view from my Outlook
2003 program. I have delected the contacts I wish to
send to. I have gone to Tools -> Mail Merge. The Mail
Merge Contacts screen appears. In this screen I
select "only selected contacts" under contacts
and "mailing labels" under Merge options. I click ok and
then complete setup in Word 2003. Under Main document I
click setup and choose my types of labels. After doing
this the merge button is still grayed out. What am I
missing? If I do a mail merge through Word I have no
problem selecting my contacts and populating the fields.
My stated goal is to use categories to create a label
mailing list. Thank you for any advice.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Provide more detail on what you're doing in Word. Make sure you are using
the Mail Merge Toolbar, not the Taskpane. This sounds like a question for a
Word group. They even have an entire group devoted to mail merges.