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:

  1. You need to have Microsoft Word 2007 installed on your computer.
  2. You need to have a list of contacts in Outlook 2007 that you want to mail merge with.

Step 1: Create a Word document

  1. Open Microsoft Word 2007 and create a new document.
  2. Go to the "Tools" menu and select "Mail Merge" (or press Alt + F8).
  3. In the "Mail Merge" dialog box, select "Step-by-Step Mail Merge Wizard" and click "Next".

Step 2: Choose the document type

  1. In the "Mail Merge" wizard, select "Letters" as the document type and click "Next".

Step 3: Select the data source

  1. In the "Select recipients" dialog box, select "Outlook Contacts" as the data source.
  2. Choose the contact list you want to mail merge with and click "OK".

Step 4: Design the mail merge

  1. In the "Mail Merge" wizard, select the fields you want to include in the mail merge (e.g., name, email address, etc.).
  2. Use the "Insert Merge Field" button to insert the fields into your Word document.
  3. Customize the document as needed.

Step 5: Run the mail merge

  1. Click "Finish" to run the mail merge.
  2. Outlook will open and prompt you to select the contacts you want to mail merge with.
  3. Select the contacts and click "OK".
  4. Word will generate a new document for each contact, using the information from the contact list.

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