Re: Mail Merge from Outlook opens up two MS Word documents.

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Some versions and methods open both the merge document (in which you
construct the merge) and a new document (to which you perform the merge).
Most users prefer that because it gives them a chance to preview and refine
the merge.
If I use the Merge Toolbar instead of the Merge Taskpane, however, I can do
a merge with only one document open until I actually execute the merge. Then
there will 2 documents.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
<mfaisald@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1152128573.095792.41640@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you for your response, here is what I did;

In Outlook, I open my contact list. Click on Tools, click on Mail
Merge...The Mail Merge Contacts dialog box comes up. Choose "Only
selected contacts" under Contacts...Choose "New Document" under
Document file and click on OK. Two MS WORD documents open up.
I then tried "Existing Document" option under Document file in Mail
Merge Contacts dialog box, clicked on OK and again two MS WORD
documents open up, one existing document that I chose and one blank
document.


Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Sounds normal to me, depending on how you're doing the merge.
But then you never said how you were doing the merge, so no one can say.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
<mfaisald@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1152120215.964643.238870@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
I am using Office 2003. When I do mail merge from Outlook, it opens up
two MS WORD documents instead of one.
Any suggestions please ?

Regards,
Mo




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