I don't know if there's a way to just do it from within an email, but you can do it from your Contacts folder. Go to the contacts folder and change the View to "by category", then expand the category you want to send to, select the first one, then shift select the last one ... then go to the Actions menu and choose Create, then New Message to Contact ... that will put them all in the To line. Maybe someone knows another way to do it, but that's the only way I could find if you don't want to use a group. Linda ********************************* Linda F. Johnson Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James S. Huggins (mso) ================================== Sorry. Wasn't clear. I know how to do what you propose. What I want to do is to send an email to only those in my address book with that particular category assigned. That is, out of the 3,000 people in my address book, I only want to send it to the 60 or so who are assigned the category indicating they are family members. James S. Huggins ************************************************************* 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, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************