Thank you for the suggestion, Judy, but the data field is not listed in the
Insert Merge Field button, under either database fields or address fields --
nor is it available in the Insert Word Fields button.

The data field simply doesn't appear on any list I can find. In fact, there
are a number of fields that I collect that are custom (I'm a Realtor and have
designed a custom form for my various data). None of these fields exist in
any Word list I can find. But the data "is" in Outlook and I can search on
it, sort by it, etc. etc.

Any other ideas?

-- Gabrielle


"Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" wrote:

If you have a user defined field in Outlook Contacts, you can merge to Word
for email or printing easily:

select the Contacts to merge to

Tools | mailmerge

to new document/or email

Use the Insert Merge Fields button to access the Contacts fields (including
your User Defined fields) Keep away from Insert Word fields!!

I hope this helps you at least a little bit!

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook
www.acorntraining.com.au


"I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow." (Woodrow
Wilson)
"Gabrielle" wrote in message
...
I have a custom form and need to merge data from one of the fields to my
Word
merge doc. When I attempt to access the field in word, it doesn't appear
on
the list. I desperately need this information, which is why it's being
collected on the custom form. I've tried exporting to Excel to grab the
data
... doesn't work. I've tried merging directly from the Outlook view that
displays the information ... doesn't work.

How can I get this information from within Word? Help???