Article ID: 270623
Article Last Modified on 12/13/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
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:
- Start Outlook Express.
- On the File menu, point to Export, and then click Address Book.
- In the Address Book Export Tool dialog box, click Text File (Comma Separated Values), and then click Export.
- In the Save exported file as box, type a file name for your exported Address Book file, and then click Browse.
- 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.
- 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.
- When Outlook Express finishes the export procedure, click OK to confirm that the procedure is finished, and then click Close.
REFERENCES
For additional information about how to perform a mail merge procedure in Word by using an existing data source, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
212329 WD2000: How to Start a Mail Merge
141922 WD97: How to Start a Mail Merge
187383 WD: How to Start a Mail Merge
For additional informationabout how to use the Outlook Express Address Book in a mail merge procedure, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
211206 WD2000: How to Use Outlook Express Address Book in Mail Merge
191264 WD97: How to Use the Outlook Express Address Book in Mail Merge
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