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Using Outlook Contacts with Mail Merge
Part 2: Selecting Recipients
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• Part 1: Setting up the Main Document
• Part 3: Inserting Merge Fields
• Part 4: Previewing Your Documents
• Part 5: Finalizing the Merge
 
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Under Select recipients, click Select from Outlook contacts



Under Select from Outlook contacts, click Choose Contacts Folder



In the Select Contact List Folder dialog box, you will see a list of all your Outlook folders which contain contact items (If you wish to use recipients from multiple folders, you will either need to move the contacts to a new folder in Outlook or perform two merge operations)



Highlight the folder you would like to use

click OK

You will be presented with the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box. You can use the check boxes on the left most side to select or deselect recipients; further, you can sort the list by using the arrows in the column headings



Click OK

Click Next: Write your letter







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