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Resi - 02 Aug 2007 12:16 GMT

HI
I am trying to send out a press-release to our mailing list via e-mail.

I have created in outlook a message, added the pdf file attachment and
started the mail merge to e-mail process BUT when I finish the merging and I
checked the messages in the outbox, there is no attachment.

Would be great if anyone could tell me how i can attach the pdf file to each
individual message.

I have the press contact list as an excel file.

thanks in advance for your help! :-)

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 02 Aug 2007 13:26 GMT

Office mail merge can't do this. You'd need a third-party tool; see http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.asp#massmail

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> HI
> I am trying to send out a press-release to our mailing list via e-mail.
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> thanks in advance for your help! :-)

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Resi - 29 Aug 2007 11:56 GMT

HI
looked at some info in the link you provided, but got stuck very early on
because I can't 'translate' the following:

"You will need to create a separate Catalogue (or in Word 2002 and later,
Directory) type mail merge main document which creates a word document
containing a table in each row of which would be data from the data source
that contains the email address in the first column and the
Drive:\Path\Filename of each attachment in the second and any subsequent
columns, one attachment per cell."

what does this means in plain English?

full link: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/mailmerge/MergeWithAttachments.htm

would be great if someone could help me out on this one! I am working with
Office 2003. my E-mail addresses source is an excel file. The attachment is a
press-release in Word.

looking forward to your advice!
Resi

> Office mail merge can't do this. You'd need a third-party tool; see http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.asp#massmail
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> > thanks in advance for your help! :-)

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Rick - 14 May 2008 20:24 GMT

Did you ever figure this out. I need help in a bad way fast.

> HI
> looked at some info in the link you provided, but got stuck very early on
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> > > thanks in advance for your help! :-)

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