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July 5th 06, 07:23 PM
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Mail Merge from Outlook opens up two MS Word documents.
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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July 5th 06, 09:15 PM
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Mail Merge from Outlook opens up two MS Word documents.
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. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message ups.com... 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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July 5th 06, 09:42 PM
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Mail Merge from Outlook opens up two MS Word documents.
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. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message ups.com... 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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July 5th 06, 10:03 PM
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Mail Merge from Outlook opens up two MS Word documents.
FWIW, I've seen other reports of this, but couldn't duplicate it.
-- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... 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. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message ups.com... 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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July 5th 06, 10:07 PM
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Mail Merge from Outlook opens up two MS Word documents.
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. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message ups.com... 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. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message ups.com... 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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July 5th 06, 10:25 PM
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Mail Merge from Outlook opens up two MS Word documents.
Thank you both of you for taking time to read and reply;
So from your response I understand that its normal behavior and that feature can't be disabled. I mean either from Taskpane or Toolbar we have to face two documents eventually. Am I right ? Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: FWIW, I've seen other reports of this, but couldn't duplicate it. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... 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. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message ups.com... 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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July 5th 06, 10:50 PM
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Mail Merge from Outlook opens up two MS Word documents.
Eventually, yes. When you select "New Document" as your merge type, you will
get both the merge setup document and the document that is the output of the merge. Is it causing a problem? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message oups.com... Thank you both of you for taking time to read and reply; So from your response I understand that its normal behavior and that feature can't be disabled. I mean either from Taskpane or Toolbar we have to face two documents eventually. Am I right ? Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: FWIW, I've seen other reports of this, but couldn't duplicate it. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... 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. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message ups.com... 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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July 5th 06, 11:26 PM
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Mail Merge from Outlook opens up two MS Word documents.
Its not causing a problem as such but I was just wondering if its
possible to display only one document instead of two. But I really appreciate for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Best Regards, Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: Eventually, yes. When you select "New Document" as your merge type, you will get both the merge setup document and the document that is the output of the merge. Is it causing a problem? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message oups.com... Thank you both of you for taking time to read and reply; So from your response I understand that its normal behavior and that feature can't be disabled. I mean either from Taskpane or Toolbar we have to face two documents eventually. Am I right ? Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: FWIW, I've seen other reports of this, but couldn't duplicate it. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... 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. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message ups.com... 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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July 5th 06, 11:36 PM
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Mail Merge from Outlook opens up two MS Word documents.
I've always found that mail merges work better if you blow away the Task
Pane and use only the Mail Merge Toolbar. With that method, I've never had both documents open at the same time until I execute the merge, and the interface is more intuitive. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message ups.com... Its not causing a problem as such but I was just wondering if its possible to display only one document instead of two. But I really appreciate for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Best Regards, Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: Eventually, yes. When you select "New Document" as your merge type, you will get both the merge setup document and the document that is the output of the merge. Is it causing a problem? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message oups.com... Thank you both of you for taking time to read and reply; So from your response I understand that its normal behavior and that feature can't be disabled. I mean either from Taskpane or Toolbar we have to face two documents eventually. Am I right ? Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: FWIW, I've seen other reports of this, but couldn't duplicate it. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... 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. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message ups.com... 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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July 6th 06, 03:34 PM
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Mail Merge from Outlook opens up two MS Word documents.
Sorry to bother you again folks,
I just tried on one of my colleagues computer; followed same steps as I was doing on my machine and on his computer only one WORD document came up instead of two. I used Taskpane instead of Toolbar. I am thinking to reload Office 2003 to see if it works. Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: I've always found that mail merges work better if you blow away the Task Pane and use only the Mail Merge Toolbar. With that method, I've never had both documents open at the same time until I execute the merge, and the interface is more intuitive. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message ups.com... Its not causing a problem as such but I was just wondering if its possible to display only one document instead of two. But I really appreciate for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Best Regards, Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: Eventually, yes. When you select "New Document" as your merge type, you will get both the merge setup document and the document that is the output of the merge. Is it causing a problem? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message oups.com... Thank you both of you for taking time to read and reply; So from your response I understand that its normal behavior and that feature can't be disabled. I mean either from Taskpane or Toolbar we have to face two documents eventually. Am I right ? Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: FWIW, I've seen other reports of this, but couldn't duplicate it. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... 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. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote in message ups.com... 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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