I would recommend you go back to Outlook and download Outlook 98 from
Microsoft when it's available in a few days. It's email is better than
Outlook Express, and the integration is nice. If you do so, just pick "File
| Import and Export..." and your address book data should transfer quite
easily. I'm using Outlook 98 Beta 2, so I can't look at how this works in
Outlook 97, but it's very similar.
Whether or not you make the switch, the function you're looking for is "mail
merge" and it appears quite easy (though I've never done it myself). But I
did check it out just now, and it appears that in Word 97 you just go "Tools
| Mail Merge" and it will walk you through all the steps to get addresses
from Outlook or from Schedule+.
Hope that helps.
Andrew Stadlen
> -----Original Message-----
> I would like to use the postal address information from my Schedule+
> Contacts in Word 97 to insert names and addresses in letters and on
> envelopes. I was able to do this with my prior version of Word (7, I
> believe), but when I installed Office 97 I also installed Outlook,
thinking
> that it would be an improvement on Schedule +. I selected the option
during
> installation to use the Outlook as my address book rather than Schedule +
> (big mistake as it turned out.) Though I worked hard and long with
Outlook,
> I was never able to get it to furnish addresses to Word 97. I therefore
> decided to go back to Schedule + which I had left installed on my
computer.
> I uninstalled Outlook and reinstalled both Word 97 and Schedule +, but
never
> got to the option which would allow me to select Schedule + as my address
> source for Word.
>
> I use Outlook Express for my e-mail, and do not receive faxes on my
> computer, so I do not use the MS Inbox. All I really want to do is have
the
> Schedule+ Contact names and addresses available to Word 97 by clicking on
> the Insert Address icon in Word. Can you help me?
>
> As an alternative, does anyone know of another contact or address book
> software package that will integrate with Word 97?
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