Mail merge button Send email merge Gogol Farm 11/10/2008 7:40:32 PM I am using Vista and Word home student. Everthing seems to go ok until i want to Finish and merge. Using wizard email step 6 of 6 click on electronic mail and nothing happens. or click finish & merge can not select send email message (selection is dim) How do I get this button to work or enable it ?

Re: Mail merge button Send email merge "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr[ at ]REMOVECAPSmvps.org> 11/10/2008 11:04:44 PM The issue is caused because the Word Home Student edition probably does not include Outlook. See if the information at http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk:80/t0002.htm will help you find a work around that allows use of your default mail program. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Gogol Farm" <someone[ at ]example.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message news:D22F62D2-D9D5-405E-A303-323F5F6423F2[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I am using Vista and Word home student. > Everthing seems to go ok until i want to Finish and merge. > Using wizard email step 6 of 6 click on electronic mail and nothing > happens. > or click finish & merge can not select send email message (selection is > dim) > How do I get this button to work or enable it ?

Re: Mail merge button Send email merge Gogol Farm 11/11/2008 2:02:14 PM Thanks Doug, I saw that before and it looks like Vista is set up way different. I thought that it would work since windows mail was a replacement to Outlook. Looking at the box the student version does not include outlook. It looks like I will have to look for a thrid party program. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: [Quoted Text] > The issue is caused because the Word Home Student edition probably does not > include Outlook. > > See if the information at http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk:80/t0002.htm will help you > find a work around that allows use of your default mail program. > > -- > Hope this helps. > > Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my > services on a paid consulting basis. > > Doug Robbins - Word MVP > > "Gogol Farm" <someone[ at ]example.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message > news:D22F62D2-D9D5-405E-A303-323F5F6423F2[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I am using Vista and Word home student. > > Everthing seems to go ok until i want to Finish and merge. > > Using wizard email step 6 of 6 click on electronic mail and nothing > > happens. > > or click finish & merge can not select send email message (selection is > > dim) > > How do I get this button to work or enable it ? > > >

Re: Mail merge button Send email merge "Peter Jamieson" <pjj[ at ]KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> 11/11/2008 7:29:20 PM 1. It is possible to merge to email via Windows Mail. However, you cannot a. Use Windows Mail directly as a data source for the merge (you have to export contacts as a seprate step) b. do a merge to HTML format email. The full Outlook is the only program I know that does that. 2. If you are running a 64-bit version of Vista you might need to put the entries described in that article under the following registry key as well (or instead): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Messaging Subsystem 3. In Vista, you can set Windows Mail to be the default email program by going to Control Panel->Default Programs->Set Default Programs, then Select Windows Mail and click "Set this Program As Default". If that does not work, try the "Choose Defaults for this Program" and check everything. One or two people have reported back that doing all that stuff did not work either but that's all I can tell you! -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "Gogol Farm" <someone[ at ]example.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message news:B6EF6FEB-ACB3-453A-807D-570FFB0CE43D[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Thanks Doug, > I saw that before and it looks like Vista is set up way different. > I thought that it would work since windows mail was a replacement to > Outlook. > Looking at the box the student version does not include outlook. > It looks like I will have to look for a thrid party program. > > > "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: > >> The issue is caused because the Word Home Student edition probably does >> not >> include Outlook. >> >> See if the information at http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk:80/t0002.htm will help >> you >> find a work around that allows use of your default mail program. >> >> -- >> Hope this helps. >> >> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my >> services on a paid consulting basis. >> >> Doug Robbins - Word MVP >> >> "Gogol Farm" <someone[ at ]example.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message >> news:D22F62D2-D9D5-405E-A303-323F5F6423F2[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >I am using Vista and Word home student. >> > Everthing seems to go ok until i want to Finish and merge. >> > Using wizard email step 6 of 6 click on electronic mail and nothing >> > happens. >> > or click finish & merge can not select send email message (selection is >> > dim) >> > How do I get this button to work or enable it ? >> >> >>