Wrong command. Instead, select the contacts, then choose Tools | Mail Merge
from Outlook's menu.

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>I want to mail merge from Outlook 2002 to a small list of contacts that are
>sorted by a "User defined field in folder." The "New letter to contact"
>selection is grayed out and unavailable. Why? and how do I perform this
>merge? (I can't do this sort from inside Word, can I?)
>
> Gary
Talisker - 24 Sep 2004 00:25 GMT
It really was simple, wasn't it. That helps a lot.
Thanks,
Gary
> Wrong command. Instead, select the contacts, then choose Tools | Mail
> Merge from Outlook's menu.
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>> Gary