Thread: Word 2003 doesn't see Outlook 2003 Contacts
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Old July 17th, 2009, 11:47 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
Peter Jamieson
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Default Word 2003 doesn't see Outlook 2003 Contacts
I certainly
see some rude comments in this thread, but they aren't in my posts.

What is this?

Experienced users know better.

What is this?

To consider my post a flame is a ridiculous. Yours qualifies however.

Peter Jamieson

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Hardly. I saw two things in your post that could cause problems for
other users, so I corrected them.

1. Migrating the PST file correctly would have prevented this problem
and PST files from previous Outlook versions can readily be used in a
mail merge when migrated correctly. It is easy to make a mistake when
migrating PST files because the process is very unforgiving, but the
proper procedures are well documented:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx

2. Importing PST files has become too unreliable to be recommended. Even
a cursory search of the Outlook groups will confirm that.

Didn't mean to set you off so severely. Sorry about that. I certainly
see some rude comments in this thread, but they aren't in my posts.