Easy question

[MikeA]

I use Outlook Express for emails and it has it's own Address Book.

To address envelopes in Word I can retrieve an address only from Outlook.

When I try to set up addresses in Outlook the only option I get is to make
Outlook my default program for BOTH emails and addresses.

Is it possible to have my postal addresses in Outlook ( to be retrieved by
Word) but still use Outlook Express as my default email program?
If yes, how?
MikeA

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "MikeA" <[email protected]>

|
| I use Outlook Express for emails and it has it's own Address Book.
|
| To address envelopes in Word I can retrieve an address only from Outlook.
|
| When I try to set up addresses in Outlook the only option I get is to make
| Outlook my default program for BOTH emails and addresses.
|
| Is it possible to have my postal addresses in Outlook ( to be retrieved by
| Word) but still use Outlook Express as my default email program?
| If yes, how?
| MikeA
|

Easy question -- wrong group !

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Answer is even easier. It's No.
If you want to integrate with Word, you must use Outlook. OE is not an
Office app.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I use Outlook Express for emails and it has it's own Address Book.

To address envelopes in Word I can retrieve an address only from
Outlook.
When I try to set up addresses in Outlook the only option I get is to
make Outlook my default program for BOTH emails and addresses.

Is it possible to have my postal addresses in Outlook ( to be
retrieved by Word) but still use Outlook Express as my default email
program?

Perhaps. It depends on your version of Outlook. Some versions of Outlook
allowed Outlook Express to use Outlook's Contacts folder for the address
store.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Brian Tillman" <[email protected]>

|
| Perhaps. It depends on your version of Outlook. Some versions of Outlook
| allowed Outlook Express to use Outlook's Contacts folder for the address
| store.

No, I don't think so.
You could export the PAB to a WAB but OE can NOT access the Contacts List which is kept on
the Exchange server.

 

[MikeA]

Gentlemen
Thank you for the discussion.
But may be I was not clear enough with my question:
I do NOT want to access Outlook address from the OE.
I want to use Outlook address book in the Microsoft Word to address
envelopes WITHOUT making Outlook my email program.
I want to continue to use OE Address Book (.wab) for the email addresses.
MikeA

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thank you for the discussion.
But may be I was not clear enough with my question:
I do NOT want to access Outlook address from the OE.
I want to use Outlook address book in the Microsoft Word to address
envelopes WITHOUT making Outlook my email program.

Outlook doesn't have an address book. The "Outlook Address Book" is just a
view of the electronic addresses in your Contacts folder(s).

I want to continue to use OE Address Book (.wab) for the email
addresses.

If you don't have contacts in the Outlook Contacts folder, how do you expect
to mail merge to envelopes?

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "MikeA" <[email protected]>

| Gentlemen
| Thank you for the discussion.
| But may be I was not clear enough with my question:
| I do NOT want to access Outlook address from the OE.
| I want to use Outlook address book in the Microsoft Word to address
| envelopes WITHOUT making Outlook my email program.
| I want to continue to use OE Address Book (.wab) for the email addresses.
| MikeA

As previously posted, you need the Office Suite program Outlook, not Outlook Express to work
with the Office Suite program MS Word.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You were clear. So was I. The answer is still no.