Creating a Letter to a Contact in Outlook

[Guest]

I have created a template in Word 2003 for a currently used document we
previously created in ACT! The template is layed out perfectly to match our
current forms.

How do I add the proper fields to the template so that Word can use its
Write Letter Wizard (accessed in Outlook 2003) on this template without it
annihilating every bit of formating?

Currently when I use the template in the write letter wizard, it inserts the
contact info and in the process all of the text in the template and the
images in the template all disappear, all that remains is the text of the
footer. I need to be able to insert the contact info for a contact from
Outlook without destroying the template's carefully designed layout.

While the mail merge functions of Word work, I cannot use them because the
users at my company are far too technically inept to pull off daily use of
the mail merge for letters to single recipients.

 

[Anne Troy]

This is the Outlook newsgroups, Sam. However, as a Word geek, I can pretty
much tell you that you won't be able to get this template into the letter
writing wizard. You can have it programmed to create your own wizard, tho.
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Guest]

Sorry Anne, but I have to disagree, you can create a Template, save it in the
C:\program files\micrsoft office\templates\1033 directory, rename the
Contemporary Letter file to Contemporary Letter_bak and then rename your
template file to Contemporary Letter ! when you choose "Contemporary Letter
from the tempate in the Outlook "Letter to Contact" wizard it will use your
new template! However, I have not been able set the text formatting in the
template so it does not revert to Times Roman after the merge... anyone with
help on this would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Guest]

Yes or just save it as a template with the word letter in it.

However I lose all formatting ang hte data in my footer and header.

HELP