sending a formal letter in Word from a contact in outlook

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Pappaboat

I recently bought a new laptop and have new outlook and have office 2007 and
small business 2007 with outlook 2007. On my previous Outlook and computer -
presumed to be 2003 - I could open a contact and click on "send" and it would
allow me to either send an email or send a letter - clicking on the latter
would bring up a word template and place the address of the contact right on
a word document and allow me to immediately type a letter and even placed my
signature at the end.

How do I do the same thing (write a formal letter using the contact) in the
new software packages?

Sure hope you can help....I've consumed hours trying to get help from
Dell...frustrated!
 
R

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

Feature was removed. Use Word's Insert Address function instead.
 
P

Pappaboat

OK, I went to word, opened it and clicked on mailings and then the addrss
book and I wait about 30 seconds for my 6200 contacts to load and then put in
a name and wait - again 30 seconds - and, then, click next if it's not the
rithg one and hit return and nothing happens. Help!

Russ Valentine said:
Feature was removed. Use Word's Insert Address function instead.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Pappaboat said:
I recently bought a new laptop and have new outlook and have office 2007
and
small business 2007 with outlook 2007. On my previous Outlook and
computer -
presumed to be 2003 - I could open a contact and click on "send" and it
would
allow me to either send an email or send a letter - clicking on the latter
would bring up a word template and place the address of the contact right
on
a word document and allow me to immediately type a letter and even placed
my
signature at the end.

How do I do the same thing (write a formal letter using the contact) in
the
new software packages?

Sure hope you can help....I've consumed hours trying to get help from
Dell...frustrated!
 
G

Gordon

Pappaboat said:
OK, I went to word, opened it and clicked on mailings and then the addrss
book and I wait about 30 seconds for my 6200 contacts to load and then put
in
a name and wait - again 30 seconds - and, then, click next if it's not the
rithg one and hit return and nothing happens. Help!

Put the addressbook icon on the QAT, it's easier.
 
R

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

Clarify what you did. There is no address book in that view. You appear to
be performing an aborted mail merge.
You add the Insert Address function to the QAT and use that.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Pappaboat said:
OK, I went to word, opened it and clicked on mailings and then the addrss
book and I wait about 30 seconds for my 6200 contacts to load and then put
in
a name and wait - again 30 seconds - and, then, click next if it's not the
rithg one and hit return and nothing happens. Help!

Russ Valentine said:
Feature was removed. Use Word's Insert Address function instead.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Pappaboat said:
I recently bought a new laptop and have new outlook and have office 2007
and
small business 2007 with outlook 2007. On my previous Outlook and
computer -
presumed to be 2003 - I could open a contact and click on "send" and it
would
allow me to either send an email or send a letter - clicking on the
latter
would bring up a word template and place the address of the contact
right
on
a word document and allow me to immediately type a letter and even
placed
my
signature at the end.

How do I do the same thing (write a formal letter using the contact) in
the
new software packages?

Sure hope you can help....I've consumed hours trying to get help from
Dell...frustrated!
 

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