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Accessing Outlook Contacts from within MS Word

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Phil Rabichow - 08 Jul 2005 00:23 GMT
I'm now using WinXP Pro SR2, Word 2003 (having skipped from Word 2000), &
still using Netscape Messenger 4.75 for email.  Under Win98 & Word 2000, I
was able to use the dropdown toolbar button in Word to access contacts.  In
other words, I could put in a complete name & address with the click of a
button.

When I try to click it now, I get a message: "Either there is no default
mail client or the current mail client cannot fullfill the messaging
request.  Please run Microsoft Office Outlook & set it as the default mail
client."

I don't want to use Outlook as my default email client, but I do want to
access it's contacts within Word, the way I did with earlier versions.
Anyone know the solution to this?
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Thank you in advance.

Phil
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 08 Jul 2005 03:37 GMT
Of course not.
Outlook must be your default email program if you expect to integrate with
other Office applications.

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> I'm now using WinXP Pro SR2, Word 2003 (having skipped from Word 2000), &
> still using Netscape Messenger 4.75 for email.  Under Win98 & Word 2000, I
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> Phil
Phil Rabichow - 08 Jul 2005 05:55 GMT
Hi Russ:
Thank you for your response.  However, when I had Office Pro 2000, I was using
Netscape 4.75 as my default email application & I Word was able to access the
contacts list.  Maybe it was because I originally had everything in Scheduler
Plus & merged it to Outlook.  I was hoping there could be some sort of registry
hack, but I don't know what it would be.  If you can think of anything I can
try, please let me know.
--
Thanks again.  I appreciate your time.

Phil

> Of course not.
> Outlook must be your default email program if you expect to integrate with
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> > Phil
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 08 Jul 2005 11:11 GMT
I've never seen integration with Word with any version of Outlook if I did
not set Outlook as the default email program, and that included Outlook
2000.
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> Thank you for your response.  However, when I had Office Pro 2000, I was
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