I have word 2003 and Outlook 2003. Using the mailmerge wizard I got to step
3 of 6 Choose Contacts Folder. When I clicked it I got the message "unable
to obtain list of tables from the data source." I could not find any help
in MS products on how to make the contacts folder the data source so I went
to google.

I googled: "unable to obtain list of tables from the data source" that
phrase and found that quite a number of people have had this same problem.
Apparently there is some sort of check box associated with Contacts which
must be checked before the Contacts list can handshake with a mail merge. I
have not been able to find out how to do it.



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For best results, start the merge from Outlook, in the contacts folder you want to use as the data source. You'll find the Mail Merge command on the Tools menu.

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"Hal" wrote in message ...
I have word 2003 and Outlook 2003. Using the mailmerge wizard I got to step
3 of 6 Choose Contacts Folder. When I clicked it I got the message "unable
to obtain list of tables from the data source." I could not find any help
in MS products on how to make the contacts folder the data source so I went
to google.

I googled: "unable to obtain list of tables from the data source" that
phrase and found that quite a number of people have had this same problem.
Apparently there is some sort of check box associated with Contacts which
must be checked before the Contacts list can handshake with a mail merge. I
have not been able to find out how to do it.



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http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...tlook.contacts

Did you ever get this problem figured out? I'm having the same issue and
could use some help with it.

"Hal" wrote:

I have word 2003 and Outlook 2003. Using the mailmerge wizard I got to step
3 of 6 Choose Contacts Folder. When I clicked it I got the message "unable
to obtain list of tables from the data source." I could not find any help
in MS products on how to make the contacts folder the data source so I went
to google.

I googled: "unable to obtain list of tables from the data source" that
phrase and found that quite a number of people have had this same problem.
Apparently there is some sort of check box associated with Contacts which
must be checked before the Contacts list can handshake with a mail merge. I
have not been able to find out how to do it.



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Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...tlook.contacts