Can you mail merge in outlook 2007
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Yes, you can perform a mail merge in Outlook 2007, but it's a bit more involved than in newer versions of Outlook. Here's a step-by-step guide:
Prerequisites:
- You need to have Microsoft Word 2007 installed on your computer.
- You need to have a list of contacts in Outlook 2007 that you want to mail merge with.
Step 1: Create a Word document
- Open Microsoft Word 2007 and create a new document.
- Go to the "Tools" menu and select "Mail Merge" (or press Alt + F8).
- In the "Mail Merge" dialog box, select "Step-by-Step Mail Merge Wizard" and click "Next".
Step 2: Choose the document type
- In the "Mail Merge" wizard, select "Letters" as the document type and click "Next".
Step 3: Select the data source
- In the "Select recipients" dialog box, select "Outlook Contacts" as the data source.
- Choose the contact list you want to mail merge with and click "OK".
Step 4: Design the mail merge
- In the "Mail Merge" wizard, select the fields you want to include in the mail merge (e.g., name, email address, etc.).
- Use the "Insert Merge Field" button to insert the fields into your Word document.
- Customize the document as needed.
Step 5: Run the mail merge
- Click "Finish" to run the mail merge.
- Outlook will open and prompt you to select the contacts you want to mail merge with.
- Select the contacts and click "OK".
- Word will generate a new document for each contact, using the information from the contact list.
Tips and limitations:
- Mail merge in Outlook 2007 is limited to sending individual emails to each contact. You cannot send a single email to multiple contacts.
- You need to have Microsoft Word 2007 installed on your computer to perform a mail merge.
- The mail merge process can be slow and may take some time to complete, depending on the size of your contact list.