Thats how i used to do it before! It allows you to put a subject line in,
but even if i am only trying to merge one contact and choose attachment,
word hangs before it merges. It used to merge and then the virus
secirity
msg would pop up and i would 'allow' it. Juts for your information only
word hangs outlook remains fine -
The funny thing is i used to complain about the length it took to perform
one of my previuous merges coz i had such a slow PC - now i got a much
faster super dooper one with the upgrade to 20003 and it doesn't work -
sods
law!!
As i posted earlier I have tried all of the 3rd party apps that slipstick
recommended - and some
more to boot - some of the links were broken and none of them worked - I
have been testing with just one contact, a 3 page document with maybe 10
merge fields, and the only thing that came close to working was mapi
toolkit - but that didn't complete the sending process - I have been at
this
all day and it is very frustrating
Alison
Actually, they do. The Merge to E-mail dialog in Word 2003 (and previous
versions) gives 3 options -- Attachment, Plain Text, and HTML. Only HTML,
of
course, avoids security prompts.
And the attachment format is available only as an alternative to a
message
with merge text. You can either have a message with merge text or a blank
message with an attachment that contains merge text. You cannot get
Office
to do a message with merge text & an attachment with merge text.
Well documented.
Merges to electronic mail have never supported attachements.
Did you upgrade only Outlook or your entire Office suite.
Look for a third party alternative:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I had office xp - I was able to very easily email a merged document
and
send it automatuically to the relevant contacts in my list as an
attachment.
I am using custom forms and fields but it worked beautifully!
After and upgrade to 2003 I find I can no longer do this - word just
hangs -
I researched a bit and found business manager could do this - yes - but
not
with my custom forms and fields!!
Please help or I will have to merge and then send separate emails to
each
contact - what a pain!!!!
Alison