I inherited a used computer with Outlook 2002 SP3 installed. I would
like to use the contacts feature to print on paper a list of my friends
and also eventually to learn to use the contact information to address
envelopes. When a couple (married or unmarried) use different names --
e.g. John Smith and Mary Jones -- I cannot figure out how to get both of
their names on one contact card. The closest I have been able to
achieve is something bizarre like Smith, Mary Jones John. How can I get
two names on one card? If not possible in Outlook, can someone suggest
a better program? Excuse me if my terminology is wrong; I'm new to Outlook.
Paul in San Francisco

There is a Spouse/Partner field as well in the contact form. You can use
this to to specify the name of the partner.

The downside though is that you cannot use this field directly for a mail
merge to envelopes. You can still create an export of your contacts with
this field to a csv-file and use that as the source for your mail merge.
For more details see;
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/275

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Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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"Paul MR" wrote in message
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I inherited a used computer with Outlook 2002 SP3 installed. I would like
to use the contacts feature to print on paper a list of my friends and
also eventually to learn to use the contact information to address
envelopes. When a couple (married or unmarried) use different names --
e.g. John Smith and Mary Jones -- I cannot figure out how to get both of
their names on one contact card. The closest I have been able to achieve
is something bizarre like Smith, Mary Jones John. How can I get two names
on one card? If not possible in Outlook, can someone suggest a better
program? Excuse me if my terminology is wrong; I'm new to Outlook.
Paul in San Francisco

Thanks, Roady, for your prompt response. It's always good to know
straight away when a program cannot do a particular task. It saves a
lot of time which would be spent searching dead ends. I see I have a bit
of learning to do, namely regarding csv files and Code Two Outlook Export.
Paul in San Francisco

Roady [MVP] wrote:
There is a Spouse/Partner field as well in the contact form. You can use
this to to specify the name of the partner.

The downside though is that you cannot use this field directly for a
mail merge to envelopes. You can still create an export of your contacts
with this field to a csv-file and use that as the source for your mail
merge.
For more details see;
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/275

You're welcome! :-)
It is indeed less straight forward this way but in the end it should work.
Don't forget to save your template for future reference ;-)

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"Paul MR" wrote in message
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Thanks, Roady, for your prompt response. It's always good to know
straight away when a program cannot do a particular task. It saves a lot
of time which would be spent searching dead ends. I see I have a bit of
learning to do, namely regarding csv files and Code Two Outlook Export.
Paul in San Francisco

Roady [MVP] wrote:
There is a Spouse/Partner field as well in the contact form. You can use
this to to specify the name of the partner.

The downside though is that you cannot use this field directly for a mail
merge to envelopes. You can still create an export of your contacts with
this field to a csv-file and use that as the source for your mail merge.
For more details see;
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/275

"Paul MR" wrote in message
...

I inherited a used computer with Outlook 2002 SP3 installed. I would like to
use the contacts feature to print on paper a list of my friends and also
eventually to learn to use the contact information to address envelopes.
When a couple (married or unmarried) use different names --
e.g. John Smith and Mary Jones -- I cannot figure out how to get both of
their names on one contact card. The closest I have been able to achieve is
something bizarre like Smith, Mary Jones John. How can I get two names on
one card? If not possible in Outlook, can someone suggest a better program?
Excuse me if my terminology is wrong; I'm new to Outlook.
Paul in San Francisco

If I wanted to do this, I'd place the dual names in the Company field instead
of the name fields.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
"Paul MR" wrote in message
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I inherited a used computer with Outlook 2002 SP3 installed. I would
like to use the contacts feature to print on paper a list of my
friends and also eventually to learn to use the contact information to
address envelopes. When a couple (married or unmarried) use different
names -- e.g. John Smith and Mary Jones -- I cannot figure out how to
get both of their names on one contact card. The closest I have been
able to achieve is something bizarre like Smith, Mary Jones John. How
can I get two names on one card? If not possible in Outlook, can
someone suggest a better program? Excuse me if my terminology is
wrong; I'm new to Outlook.
Paul in San Francisco

If I wanted to do this, I'd place the dual names in the Company field
instead of the name fields.
Thanks, Brian, for this suggestion which I intend to try first.
Paul in San Francisco