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Dolfan14 - 08 Jan 2005 03:53 GMT

I am using MS Outlook 2003 and MS Word 2002. When I merge my contacts, I get
a message that "to use this feature, you must install the version of
Mircosoft Word that matches the installed version of Microsoft Office
Outlook". Is there any way around this other than installing Microsoft Word
2003?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 08 Jan 2005 10:38 GMT

No.
Versions must match.

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Russ Valentine
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>I am using MS Outlook 2003 and MS Word 2002. When I merge my contacts, I
>get
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> Word
> 2003?

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Dolfan14 - 08 Jan 2005 17:41 GMT

Thanks Russ...any idea if I can download the upgrade, (and pay for it), from
a MS Website or do I physically have to purchase the MS Word 2003 upgrade CD,
then again, I guess it is always best to have a hard copy of the upgrade.

Thanks for you help...

> No.
> Versions must match.
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> > Word
> > 2003?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 08 Jan 2005 18:16 GMT

There are no versions of Office, upgrade or otherwise, that you can
download.
Do you really have to use Outlook for your merge? Can't you export to
another data source that Word 2002 can use, like Excel or Access?

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Russ Valentine
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> Thanks Russ...any idea if I can download the upgrade, (and pay for it),
> from
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>> > Word
>> > 2003?

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Dolfan14 - 08 Jan 2005 22:53 GMT

Yes, that is what I eventually did and it worked fine with a little clean-up.
I just thought there was a more direct route.

Thanks for your time Russ...

> There are no versions of Office, upgrade or otherwise, that you can
> download.
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> >> > 2003?

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 08 Jan 2005 17:36 GMT

The workaround would be to export your Outlook contacts to another format --
Access or Excel or .csv.

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>I am using MS Outlook 2003 and MS Word 2002. When I merge my contacts, I
>get
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Word
> 2003?

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Dolfan14 - 08 Jan 2005 18:17 GMT

Excellent idea...thanks Sue...

> The workaround would be to export your Outlook contacts to another format --
> Access or Excel or .csv.
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> > Word
> > 2003?

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