[pattoppa]

Again, regarding labels. If someone could tell me where in microsoft I could creat a mailing list, maybe I could start all over? I have microsoft, network,word, publisher,outlook, and outlook express. Does anyone know if those programs have an address book that I can create my mailing list, and then print labels?

thank you for your help
pattoppa

[rkselby98]

Both Outlook and Outlook Express both have an address book and both can be used with mail merge to make your labels from.

[rkselby98]

Both Outlook and Outlook Express have an address book you can use with mail merge.

[pattoppa]

I love this web site and I thank all those who responded to my question. Someone jogged my brain and I went to the correct tools and created a document that would fit the labels that I bought and I typed the addresses into that doc. Then easily printed it to the labels, and then saved the doc. for future reference.

Thanks again,
Pat Toppa

[Anne Troy]

Check this out, it might be easier.

Decide how many columns you'll need. For the following example, you need 8 columns. (You do not need to USE all these columns in your mailmerge, so you can use this as a "database" of sorts too.)

FirstName
LastName
Address
Address2
City
State
Zip
Phone

In Word, open blank doc. File-page setup, change orientation to landscape and put very small (.25") margins all the way around, top, bottom, left, right--OK.

Go to Table-Insert-Table, 8 columns by 2 rows. Put your column headings across the first row. Put your first person in the next row. When you're in the last cell of the second row, just hit tab and it'll create a new row for you. Just put a few addresses in for now--see how you like the mailmerge thing. (I personally hate using address books because I use that for my email and I've got tons of people in there that I don't want..., of course you can use a separate folder--either way the mailmerge part will be the same).

Save this doc as mrgdata.doc. Close it.

Open new doc. Tools-Mailmerge-Create-Labels. You'll use mrgdata.doc as your data source. You should be able to go from there until you've got all the codes you need in your file. Once your label is set up and it creates what I call the "coded" document, check it by hitting the <<abc>> button on the mailmerge toolbar. If it's good, hit Fiile-Save as, at the bottom, change it to Document template and save the file as mrglabel.dot. DO NOT CHANGE THE DIRECTORY IT SAVES IT TO. Close it.

Now, anytime you want to create labels, hit File-New and pick your mrglabel template. Then, just hit Tools-Mailmerge-Merge-Merge. Print.