Could you be a little more helpful, please? Outlook is indeed my
default
mail program. How do I "configure my OAB correctly"? As far as I know,
it
is
configured OK, but what do I look for?
:
That error means you have not configured your Outlook Address Book
correctly
or that Outlook is not your default mail program.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am having the same problem with both Office 2003 (at work) and
Office
2007
(at home) on different computers. Go to Word, start the Mail Merge
pane,
pick
any document type to start. Use the current document at step 2 (or
pick
another if you like). Step 3 is to select recipients, and Outlook
Contacts
is
one of the choices. Select the appropriate radio button, then click
“choose
contacts folderâ€. I get an error message box popping up saying,
“Unable
to
obtain list of tables from the data sourceâ€. If I export the
contacts
to
an
Excel spreadsheet, and choose “use an existing list†instead of
Outlook
Contacts, I can pick and choose records easily. While this is a
workaround,
it would require regularly exporting contacts into this spreadsheet
to
keep
it current, and the program seems to contemplate using Contacts
directly,
so
it should work. As I mentioned, I just installed Office 2007 at
home,
and
get
the exact same behavior. I am able to see the Outlook Contacts in
Outlook.
I
have an exchange account at the office and none at home. Both
versions
are
full, activated. I have tried the solution here
(
http://kbalertz.com/922684/Error-me...sher-using-Outlook-contact-obtain-tables.aspx
) but the suggested setting was already there. Any advice would be
appreciated.
:
On Nov 5, 1:10 pm, "Judy Gleeson \(MVP Outlook\)"
Your answer doesn't make sense to me. Try following my exact
steps.
I
have
taught them for years and seen them work on thousands of
computers.
Regards
Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Trainer and Consultant
There are various articles about using Outlook
here:
www.judygleeson.com
Canberra, Australia
I have tried that too and it won't highlight "Merge" it only
says
get
data
or edit and then query. what should I try next? thanks for
your
help!
:
I have always thought that mailmerging is easier if you start
in
Outlook.
Start by selelcting the Contacts you want to make labels for,
then
Tools
|
Mailmerge | Merge to labels | now Word will take over and use
the
Selected
Contacts.
Regards
Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Trainer and Consultant
There are various articles about using Outlook
here:
www.judygleeson.com
Canberra, Australia
when I try to make mailing labels using Word, it says that
it
is
unable
to
obtain list of tables from the data source when the data
source
I
am
choosing
is Outlook contacts. What's the problem?- Hide quoted
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Hello Erich,
This is a common issue that you have come across. Dont worry.
Answer my questions plz.....
are you able to view the contacts in your outlook
how many groups are present ( If any).
are u working on exchange account
is your outlook is complete version or trial.
respond to this to my e-mail address so that we can look into and
resolve it
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