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MS Office Forum / Outlook / General MS Outlook Questions / March 2008Letter to Contact
In the help file for Outlook it says go to Actions and select New Letter to Contact. This was a great option in Outlook 97 to 2003. I can't understand how removing it enhanses the program in any way. In the past I used the option about 20 times a day. I'm really surprisee that it's been dropped...can it be added as an add on?  SignatureBrian Smylie > In the help file for Outlook it says go to Actions and select New Letter > to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > option about 20 times a day. I'm really surprisee that it's been > dropped...can it be added as an add on? If you are talking about Outlook 2007, try Actions-New Mail message???? Possibly? You DID look at that option, didn't you? No such "new mail" in tools 2007 > > In the help file for Outlook it says go to Actions and select New Letter > > to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > If you are talking about Outlook 2007, try Actions-New Mail message???? > Possibly? You DID look at that option, didn't you? > No such "new mail" in tools 2007 Well there is in mine - have you checked "Always show full menus" on Tools-Customize-Options? I am using windows vista, outlook 2007 and always show full menus and there still is no "new mail" There is new message, but that brings up a draft email. > > No such "new mail" in tools 2007 > > Well there is in mine - have you checked "Always show full menus" on > Tools-Customize-Options? >I am using windows vista, outlook 2007 and always show full menus and there > still is no "new mail" There is new message, but that brings up a draft > email. Well that's what you want isn't it? Not at all. They want the New Letter to Contact Wizard for snail mail. That feature had grown so dysfunctional that the Outlook developers decided it was easier to eliminate it from Office 2007 rather than try to make it work. Pretty sloppy if you ask me (but no one does). Just more evidence that Outlook developers have no intention of including CRM features and expect third party developers to fill that gap. If only someone would... SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >>I am using windows vista, outlook 2007 and always show full menus and >>there >> still is no "new mail" There is new message, but that brings up a draft >> email. > > Well that's what you want isn't it? > Not at all. They want the New Letter to Contact Wizard for snail mail. Ah. Many people here call Email "letters"! Thanks for your reply to my posting. I'm using Outlook 2007. The option I had been using in previous versions of Outlook has been removed. It is no longer possible to put an address directly into a Word document using the New Letter to Contact option which used to be on the Actions menu. I found an earlier conversation in this group which confirms this. It's a bit dissapointing as it was one of the great features of previous versions of Outlook. I've decided to unload Office 2007 as all the automated stuff (especially in Excel) is doing my head in. Sorry Microsoft, but this version is a step back me. SignatureBrian Smylie > No such "new mail" in tools 2007 > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > If you are talking about Outlook 2007, try Actions-New Mail message???? > > Possibly? You DID look at that option, didn't you? Why can't you just use the Insert Address feature in Word? It's still there. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Thanks for your reply to my posting. I'm using Outlook 2007. The option > I [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> > If you are talking about Outlook 2007, try Actions-New Mail message???? >> > Possibly? You DID look at that option, didn't you? I think the point is that the OP wants to use a current e-mail to trigger a writing a letter. I'm sure that he could go and open Word, and inseart an e-mail address, after searching for it, or even cutting and pasting. But that's backwards! He wants the information from an open e-mail to go into the letter he wants to write. While you are correct there are ways to get the same thing done, it should be ovbious that the work around are more work, and hence less convinient. Matt > Why can't you just use the Insert Address feature in Word? It's still there. > > Thanks for your reply to my posting. I'm using Outlook 2007. The option [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > >> > If you are talking about Outlook 2007, try Actions-New Mail message???? > >> > Possibly? You DID look at that option, didn't you? Wrong. "New Letter to Contact" never had anything to do with email. Nor did it have anything to do with a recipient who is not a Contact. Geez. Just read the name of the feature to get a clue here. Tell me. How does one send a letter to an email address? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I think the point is that the OP wants to use a current e-mail to trigger a > writing a letter. I'm sure that he could go and open Word, and inseart an [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >> >> > message???? >> >> > Possibly? You DID look at that option, didn't you? Thanks for your reply to my posting. I'm using Outlook 2007. The option I had been using in previous versions of Outlook has been removed. It is no longer possible to put an address directly into a Word document using the New Letter to Contact option which used to be on the Actions menu. I found an earlier conversation in this group which confirms this. It's a bit dissapointing as it was one of the great features of previous versions of Outlook. I've decided to unload Office 2007 as all the automated stuff (especially in Excel) is doing my head in. Sorry Microsoft, but this version is a step back me. SignatureBrian Smylie > > In the help file for Outlook it says go to Actions and select New Letter > > to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > If you are talking about Outlook 2007, try Actions-New Mail message???? > Possibly? You DID look at that option, didn't you? I am using Outlook 2007 with Vista and "always show full menus" is checked. I do not have a New Mail option. Is this is a problem with Vista and Office? SignatureCJ > > In the help file for Outlook it says go to Actions and select New Letter > > to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > If you are talking about Outlook 2007, try Actions-New Mail message???? > Possibly? You DID look at that option, didn't you? The "Letter to Contact" in the "Actions" menu in Outlook Contacts feature seems to have been removed in Outlook 2007. (nice going) Any suggestions to get an envelope printed from a contact then? Before you answer "MAIL MERGE" please read on... Mail Merge in Word works great for your contacts, but not for a delegated contacts folder. What I have is an admin. assistant that used this feature a lot, and now she has Outlook 2007 and cannot perform the same function. I said "no problem, use mail merge in Word" BUT.... she is trying to use an address from the executives contact list she is an admin assist to. He has provided her permissions to view and edit his contact list, but in a Word mail merge, you cannot access a shared contact list. So how do I provide her an answer to "How do I print envelopes from his contact list?" question??? > In the help file for Outlook it says go to Actions and select New Letter to > Contact. This was a great option in Outlook 97 to 2003. I can't understand > how removing it enhanses the program in any way. In the past I used the > option about 20 times a day. I'm really surprisee that it's been > dropped...can it be added as an add on? > What I have is an admin. assistant that used this feature a lot, and > now she has Outlook 2007 and cannot perform the same function. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > He has provided her permissions to view and edit his contact list, > but in a Word mail merge, you cannot access a shared contact list. Start the mail merge from within Outlook instead of from within Word. SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] Posted here many times: Add the Address Book to Word's QAT and use it to insert addresses in Word documents. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > The "Letter to Contact" in the "Actions" menu in Outlook Contacts feature > seems to have been removed in Outlook 2007. (nice going) [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> option about 20 times a day. I'm really surprisee that it's been >> dropped...can it be added as an add on? Russ: I also use this feature in Office 2003. So I am very intrested in how you set this up. I have searched the help or Word QAT and found nothing. Can you help out and provide some additional guidance? thanks > Posted here many times: Add the Address Book to Word's QAT and use it to > insert addresses in Word documents. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >> option about 20 times a day. I'm really surprisee that it's been > >> dropped...can it be added as an add on? > Russ: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I have searched the help or Word QAT and found nothing. Can you help out and > provide some additional guidance? Just add the Addressbook Icon to the QAT. In Word, click on the arrow to the right of the QAT. Choose "More Commands" in the drop-down menu. Then in the box "Choose Commands from" click on the arrow and choose All Commands. Scroll down to Addressbook, highlight it and click Add. Click on OK and there you are. The icon will automatically use your Outlook Contacts for addresses. HTH Adding the address book to the QAT in Word is great... for your own Contacts list. For a shared Contact list, it does not work... you cannot see a shared contact list in the addressbook in Word... So I am also equally interested in how you make this happen. Please provide info. > Posted here many times: Add the Address Book to Word's QAT and use it to > insert addresses in Word documents. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >> option about 20 times a day. I'm really surprisee that it's been > >> dropped...can it be added as an add on? You first. What do you mean by a "shared Contact list?" Any Contact Folder that you enable as an address book in Outlook will appear in Word. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Adding the address book to the QAT in Word is great... for your own > Contacts [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >> >> option about 20 times a day. I'm really surprisee that it's been >> >> dropped...can it be added as an add on? Ok Russ, The admin assistant opens Outlook 2007 She clicks on Contacts She clicks In the left hand navigation pane there is a link that is titled "Open Shared Contacts" She click this and then locates the executives name from the global address list. She now sees her contacts listed under the section title "My Contacts" She sees the executives contacts under the section titled "People's Contacts" It is that list which is not available in a mail merge in Word. It is also that same list the admin assistant would click on a contact, click actions, and then click "Letter to Contact" to begin a letter to the contact. Now, please enlighten me as to how adding the address book to the QAT does this? > You first. What do you mean by a "shared Contact list?" Any Contact Folder > that you enable as an address book in Outlook will appear in Word. [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > >> >> option about 20 times a day. I'm really surprisee that it's been > >> >> dropped...can it be added as an add on? You provided no additional information. Are you using Exchange Server? What type of Contact list is this and where is it stored? Your question is most likely a question for your Exchange administrator. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Ok Russ, > [quoted text clipped - 75 lines] >> >> >> option about 20 times a day. I'm really surprisee that it's been >> >> >> dropped...can it be added as an add on? Sorry Russ, I thought the use of disscussion forums was to find answers to questions... Apparently I was wrong. Yes the Outlook 2007 client is using an exchange server. The Outlook 2007 client addressbook is "Outlook Address Book" Type=MAPI Wouldn't have just been easier to say its not possible rather than sit there and type up replies that are not helpful nor useful. Thanks > You provided no additional information. Are you using Exchange Server? What > type of Contact list is this and where is it stored? Your question is most [quoted text clipped - 78 lines] > >> >> >> option about 20 times a day. I'm really surprisee that it's been > >> >> >> dropped...can it be added as an add on? No. It would be easier if you provided enough information for someone to provide an answer. I give up. The term "Contact List" has no meaning to us. If it resides in the Active Directory, whether it will appears in the address book view may depend on the properties it has been given by the Exchange Administrator. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > > Sorry Russ, I thought the use of disscussion forums was to find answers to [quoted text clipped - 105 lines] >> >> >> >> been >> >> >> >> dropped...can it be added as an add on? Considering you are an Outlook MVP, I would have suspected that you know what a "Contact" is, and where in a persons mail client (Outlook) that a "Contact" would be found. Maybe I can draw a picture. Jezz, I think I have provided a lot of information, step by stp instructions as to how this person is seeing these contacts, and what the environment is. So sorry to have wasted my time trying to find an answer to a question. You have been very helpful. Thanks > No. It would be easier if you provided enough information for someone to > provide an answer. I give up. The term "Contact List" has no meaning to us. [quoted text clipped - 110 lines] > >> >> >> >> been > >> >> >> >> dropped...can it be added as an add on? It is your job to provide the necessary information. I told you "Contact List" means nothing to us because it could be anything. Define what you mean by it. Is it a GAL in the AD? Is it a Contacts Folder in a public folder? Is it a Contacts Folder in the user's mailbox? Is it a Contacts Folder in someone else's mailbox? Something else? All but the last will appear in the Address Book. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Considering you are an Outlook MVP, I would have suspected that you know > what [quoted text clipped - 140 lines] >> >> >> >> >> been >> >> >> >> >> dropped...can it be added as an add on? |
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