Create mailing labels from Contacts found thru Advanced Find?

[Jennifer R]

Using ADVANCED FIND in Outlook (2003 is what I have) is always frustrating
for me. I FIND the group of contacts I'm looking for (using a category as my
search parameter) but then I can't seem to DO anything with the information.

I want to create LABELS from the contacts returned in the ADVANCED FIND
search result window but I can't figure out how to do this.

Any help?
Thanks in advance,
Jennifer

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You can't used Contacts filtered through Advanced Find for a mail merge. You
can only use Contacts filtered from within a Contacts Folder.

 

[Lenox]

Can you tell me why that is? We need ways to sort contacts for different
mailings without using several different contact folders. Is there a disign
reason for this?

Thanks
Lenox

You can't used Contacts filtered through Advanced Find for a mail merge. You
can only use Contacts filtered from within a Contacts Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Using ADVANCED FIND in Outlook (2003 is what I have) is always frustrating
for me. I FIND the group of contacts I'm looking for (using a category as
my
search parameter) but then I can't seem to DO anything with the
information.

I want to create LABELS from the contacts returned in the ADVANCED FIND
search result window but I can't figure out how to do this.

Any help?
Thanks in advance,
Jennifer

 

[Gordon]

Can you tell me why that is? We need ways to sort contacts for different
mailings without using several different contact folders. Is there a
disign
reason for this?

Have you looked at Categories?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Advanced Find is not a separate data source. Contacts Folders are a data
source. So you filter your Contacts Folder however you wish and perform the
merge to that selection.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Can you tell me why that is? We need ways to sort contacts for different
mailings without using several different contact folders. Is there a
disign
reason for this?

Thanks
Lenox

You can't used Contacts filtered through Advanced Find for a mail merge.
You
can only use Contacts filtered from within a Contacts Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Using ADVANCED FIND in Outlook (2003 is what I have) is always
frustrating
for me. I FIND the group of contacts I'm looking for (using a category
as
my
search parameter) but then I can't seem to DO anything with the
information.

I want to create LABELS from the contacts returned in the ADVANCED FIND
search result window but I can't figure out how to do this.

Any help?
Thanks in advance,
Jennifer

 

[Lenox]

Thanks. Yes. We use categories heavily but at times we find the need to
sort (for instance) by Creation Date meaning a customer or prospect has been
in our files for a long or short time. Make sense?

If you have an easy way of doing that with categories I'd be obliged to you
for the information.

Thanks,
Lenox

 

[Lenox]

Ahh. That makes perfect sense. We did find a work-around. We complete the
search and then select the contacts and copy them to a new contact folder.

Thanks for your quick reply.

Lenox

Advanced Find is not a separate data source. Contacts Folders are a data
source. So you filter your Contacts Folder however you wish and perform the
merge to that selection.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Can you tell me why that is? We need ways to sort contacts for different
mailings without using several different contact folders. Is there a
disign
reason for this?

Thanks
Lenox

You can't used Contacts filtered through Advanced Find for a mail merge.
You
can only use Contacts filtered from within a Contacts Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Using ADVANCED FIND in Outlook (2003 is what I have) is always
frustrating
for me. I FIND the group of contacts I'm looking for (using a category
as
my
search parameter) but then I can't seem to DO anything with the
information.

I want to create LABELS from the contacts returned in the ADVANCED FIND
search result window but I can't figure out how to do this.

Any help?
Thanks in advance,
Jennifer