See if http://snipurl.com/ehp helps you (it's a direct link to a word document). There's also a MS support doc: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q170538 Looks as if the key is making the contacts need to be shown as an address book, you can then select "Use Address Book" HTH, Have fun... Dave. -----Original Message----- From: Linda F. Johnson [mailto:linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 02 December 2002 15:17 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: OL 97? Hopefully someone who has Office 97 installed can help you, P....since I don't, right now....but I could reinstall it, if no one chimes in to help you, I guess. I can only tell you that in Office 2000, in the Mail Merge dialog box, where you choose your data source, one of the choices is Outlook Contacts. Do you not have that choice in 97? I can't remember. Since earlier versions of Office had SO many bugs when it came to merging from Outlook, I never really used it. I just made a group in Outlook and sent the Word doc as an attachment...but since you are trying to do this with labels, obviously this isn't an option. Finally, in Office XP, mail merges to Outlook Contacts actually seems to be bug free....but in the earlier versions it always caused problems. Anybody out there have Office 97 installed? Can someone walk P thru this? Is it different than Office 2000? I really can't remember. Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carr Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 8:27 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] OL 97? Hi Linda, I tried to do a mail merge. I got to the part where I needed to chose data source and got lost. I couldn't figure out how to bring my contacts in as the data source. Would you please give some direction. TIA, P. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************