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DD716TED
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Nov 18, 2013

Microsoft Office 2010 - Microsoft Word ???

I am the secretary of a group that will require me to do several medium sized mailings yearly to our membership. I have the "Office Home and Student 2010" Version of Microsoft Office that includes Word, Excell, One Note and Power Point Installed. I typed the letter in Word and went to mailings only to find out that the only address book that can be accessed or used is the one in "Outlook" and of course, I don't have "Outlook".. My entire address book was kept in an older outdated version of Outlook 97 (and it can't be altered or accessed from Word 2010). Now my entire current address book is now kept in Gmail but of course, Word 2010 can't use or access it.. Am I trapped into buying Outlook 2010 to use the mailing function in Word or is there another solution that I might already have in my computer?? Thanks

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  • 1492's avatar
    1492
    Moderator
    Nov 18, 2013
    You may be able to download and install a current version of MS Outlook(or Office) free 30-day demo, which should allow you to import Outlook 97 contacts. Then export them to your Excel 2010 file.

    Once you have the contacts in Excel format, you no longer need Outlook. You can then use Word 2010 mailmerge using the Excel 2010 file you created.
  • HappyKayakers's avatar
    HappyKayakers
    Explorer III
    Nov 18, 2013
    In whatever email program you use, you should have the option to create mailing groups. You can add whatever addresses you want to these groups. Then you would only need to compose an email to that group and attach your document.

    One word of caution. Some of the members of that group may not have the proper software to open a Word 2010 document. It might be easier to save as a 'pdf' file and send that instead. Small and free software is available to just read pdf files.

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