Microsoft KB Archive/270623

= OLEXP: How to Use the Outlook Express Address Book in a Mail Merge Procedure =

Article ID: 270623

Article Last Modified on 12/13/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5

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This article was previously published under Q270623



SUMMARY
This article describes how to export the Outlook Express Address Book as a text file to use as a mail merge data source in Microsoft Word.



MORE INFORMATION
To export the Address Book from Outlook Express:
 * 1) Start Outlook Express.
 * 2) On the File menu, point to Export, and then click Address Book.
 * 3) In the Address Book Export Tool dialog box, click Text File (Comma Separated Values), and then click Export.
 * 4) In the Save exported file as box, type a file name for your exported Address Book file, and then click Browse.
 * 5) Save your file to the location that you want.

You can save your Outlook Express Address Book in one of two formats, the Comma Separated Values (*.csv) format or the Text Files (*.txt) format, because Word can use either format. In the Save as Type box, click the format that you want to use, click Save, and then click Next.
 * 1) Click the fields that you want to export as part of your data source, and then click Finish.

NOTE: You can export all of the fields in the Outlook Express Address Book except for Gender, Conferencing Email, and Directory Servers.
 * 1) When Outlook Express finishes the export procedure, click OK to confirm that the procedure is finished, and then click Close.

