#Mail merge toolkit outlook windows

Robbins' macro.ДЇinally, a little tip about getting the path to your attachments right: Use Windows Explorer to go to the folder with your attachment(s), point to the attachment's file name and then hold down the shift key while right clicking your mouse on that file.

That's when you add your attachments by running Mr. Otherwise, you'll get personal data confused.ДЄnyway, once you've done your second-to-the-last step of executing your merge document to get whatever personal data you want, you have your individual merged documents. Do make sure your data records are in the same order in the data file that has your extra fields and the one you'll use in the macro. Once you've executed that part, you end up with individual documents for each contact. Robbins magical macro, think of it this way: you're going to first execute a normal mail merge which can merge first names and other field values into your email. To help you avoid another place where I was confused, before you run Mr.

They aren't necessary because of how he's written his macro. Robbins did not instruct me to make sure the first record included field names. Knowing that, I now understand why in his explanation, Mr. I just thought he meant a normal 'Document' mail merge. Robbins writes in his instructions to create a mail merge main document that is of the 'Directory' type, I didn't realize there really is a 'Directory' type. My other point is do not confuse 'Microsoft Office Outlook #.0 Object Library' with the other items that can look like the one you want.ДЄlso, in Word 2010, the item you need is slightly different that what's listed in the Mr. Robbins says regarding the 'Reference' menu. Robbins statement that you must 'set a reference to the Microsoft Office Outlook Object Library.' You find that is by opening any macro from within Word, and then do what Mr. So I can assure you it works with that version, too.ДЇirst, do pay attention to Mr.

Oh, and for the record, I used this tool with Microsoft Word 2010. I hope this helps you avoid my blindness. Robbins instructions, I mostly didn't recognize the significance of many of the points he made. (I leave it to the authorities to decide if this deserves a place in the Knowledge archives.) Now that I am on the other side of my learning curve, I understand. I'm writing to share my clumsy experience in using this elegant tool so you can avoid every stupid mistake I made.