using contacts to print envelops

Why oh why can't we print to envelopes directly from contacts???? Why must we use MS Word? Given their immense resources, you would think that Microsoft would have thought of this one by now. It is obvious what is happening here -- consumers are being bullied by MS to purchase the entire office system. This is ridiculous.

Baloney.
If you could purchase Outlook as a standalone product and include all the
features that Outlook has by virtue of its integration with other Office
applications, you would have an application nearly the cost and the size of
Office itself. Outlook was developed use as part of the Office Suite to take
advantage of integration. The Office Suite has always provided a much
greater value than any of the Office applications alone.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"smolaw" wrote in message
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Why oh why can't we print to envelopes directly from contacts???? Why
must we use MS Word? Given their immense resources, you would think that
Microsoft would have thought of this one by now. It is obvious what is
happening here -- consumers are being bullied by MS to purchase the entire
office system. This is ridiculous.