Microsoft KB Archive/919553

= You cannot perform a mail merge to create labels by using records from the Outlook 2007 Contacts folder =

Article ID: 919553

Article Last Modified on 4/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, when used with:
 * Microsoft Office Word 2007

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For a Microsoft Office XP version of this article, see 284401.



SYMPTOMS
When you try to perform a mail merge to create labels by using records from the Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Contacts folder, only part of the records are merged.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if you do not click Update Labels on the Mailings tab before you click Finish & Merge in Microsoft Office Word 2007.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, click Update Labels on the Mailings tab before you click Finish & Merge in Word 2007. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) In Outlook 2007, click Contacts in the left navigation pane.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Mail Merge.
 * 3) In the Mail Merge Contacts dialog box, configure the following settings, and then click OK:
 * 4) * Click the settings that you want to use under Contacts and Fields to merge.
 * 5) * Under Document file, click New document.
 * 6) * Under Merge options, click Mailing Labels in the Document type box.
 * 7) In Word 2007, click OK when you receive the notification message.
 * 8) In the Mail Merge Helper dialog box, click Setup.
 * 9) Click the label type, click OK, and then click Close.
 * 10) On the Mailings tab, click Insert Merge Field. Add the fields that you want, and then click Close.
 * 11) Click Update Labels, and then click Print Documents in the Finish & Merge group.
 * 12) Click All, and then click OK.

Additional query words: OL2007 Outlook2007 WD2007 Word 2007

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