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DPW - 22 Mar 2005 17:41 GMT

I am trying to send a mass mailing to a targeted audience via email using
Word 2003's mail merge function. I would like to attach a PDF file to each
email. I have been unable to figure out how to do this. Any suggestions?

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Graham Mayor - 22 Mar 2005 17:48 GMT

See the article prepared by fellow MVP Doug Robbins at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/MergeWithAttachments.htm

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> I am trying to send a mass mailing to a targeted audience via email
> using Word 2003's mail merge function. I would like to attach a PDF
> file to each email. I have been unable to figure out how to do this.
> Any suggestions?

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Michael Pazyniak - 22 Mar 2005 18:24 GMT

You cannot, it dosent allow it. See a quote from their website

You can't include an attachment
It's perfectly natural to want to include an attachment in an e-mail message
that you send by using mail merge. For example, you might want to attach a
document that lists all of your coffee roasts. Unfortunately, the mail-merge
process doesn't support attachments.

> I am trying to send a mass mailing to a targeted audience via email using
> Word 2003's mail merge function. I would like to attach a PDF file to each
> email. I have been unable to figure out how to do this. Any suggestions?

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sierralightfoot - 25 May 2008 20:07 GMT

So, to email merge from access table and attach a file I need to:
1 import data to contact folder (I can't create direct merge from table?)
2 create distribution list from contacts in folder? (I can't merge contacts
in folder?)
3 merge?

> You cannot, it dosent allow it. See a quote from their website
>
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> > Word 2003's mail merge function. I would like to attach a PDF file to each
> > email. I have been unable to figure out how to do this. Any suggestions?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 25 May 2008 20:53 GMT

See the article "Mail Merge to E-mail with Attachments" at

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/MergeWithAttachments.htm

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> So, to email merge from access table and attach a file I need to:
> 1 import data to contact folder (I can't create direct merge from table?)
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>> > email. I have been unable to figure out how to do this. Any
>> > suggestions?

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