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I expect to get flamed, but I've looked at every help menu I can find.



I reinstalled Office XP (don't ask) and my email icon in Word vanished. I

don't use Outlook, but installing it restored the icon. I want to use my

Outlook Express WAB, but Word insists on using a blank Outlook WAB.



How can I redirect Word to use my OE WAB?





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www.petebeall.net


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The Outlook address book is actually a PAB. Word cannot use the OE address

book (WAB), as it must use a MAPI-compliant address book. See ?WD2000: Which

Address Books Can Be Used with Mail Merge, Envelopes, and Labels Features??

at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=269111



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Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Words into Type

Fairhope, Alabama USA

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"Pete Beall" <petebeall@cableone.net>wrote in message

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Somehow, I did it. My PC used the OE addresses for email before the

reinstallation, and my laptop is still set up that way.



Pete



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org>wrote in message



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I might not have been clear. I?m only talking about email

addresses, not a mail merge. My mail merge addresses I keep in an Access dB

and export to Word as needed.



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org>wrote in message



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If you have Outlook Express set as your default mail client (in Control

Panel | Internet Options), then you should be able to use the OE address

book when you send emails from Word.



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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Microsoft MVP (Word)

Words into Type

Fairhope, Alabama USA

Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so

all may benefit.



"Pete Beall" <petebeall@cableone.net>wrote in message

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Thanks



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org>wrote in message



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