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email client for word merge
We are trying to help our users complete merges using Word 2002 and and Excel 2002 spreadsheet as the data source. I am trying to test this on my machine; when I go through the wizard it seems to work up until the Merge to Email dialog box. I choose the correct field for the address, set a subject line, choose HTML, send to All, and click OK. The program then either closes the dialog box and does nothing, or tries to start Outlook and is unsuccessful. If it does nothing, when I close Word I get an error message that states I have no default email client or my default client cannot handle the request. I have seen one user in our building successfully complete an email merge... Is there a way to tell Word that Outlook Express is my default client? It is set in Windows XP as my default. Thanks. |
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email client for word merge
You cannot mailmerge to email with Outlook Express. You must use Outlook.
-- Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Dan B." wrote in message ... We are trying to help our users complete merges using Word 2002 and and Excel 2002 spreadsheet as the data source. I am trying to test this on my machine; when I go through the wizard it seems to work up until the Merge to Email dialog box. I choose the correct field for the address, set a subject line, choose HTML, send to All, and click OK. The program then either closes the dialog box and does nothing, or tries to start Outlook and is unsuccessful. If it does nothing, when I close Word I get an error message that states I have no default email client or my default client cannot handle the request. I have seen one user in our building successfully complete an email merge... Is there a way to tell Word that Outlook Express is my default client? It is set in Windows XP as my default. Thanks. |
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email client for word merge
Hi Dan,
I think this should be possible, but you may need to edit the Win.ini file. I think what you need is under the [mail] section MAPI=1 [Mail] MAPI=1 We are trying to help our users complete merges using Word 2002 and and Excel 2002 spreadsheet as the data source. I am trying to test this on my machine; when I go through the wizard it seems to work up until the Merge to Email dialog box. I choose the correct field for the address, set a subject line, choose HTML, send to All, and click OK. The program then either closes the dialog box and does nothing, or tries to start Outlook and is unsuccessful. If it does nothing, when I close Word I get an error message that states I have no default email client or my default client cannot handle the request. I have seen one user in our building successfully complete an email merge... Is there a way to tell Word that Outlook Express is my default client? It is set in Windows XP as my default. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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