The Wildly Eclectic Me

Ok, I did this as a test to see if it even worked, but it kinda cracks me up. So here you have it. Complete with commentary from Nicky and soundtrack by Finn. LOL

For this to work, Entourage 2008 must be your default email client. If it is not, Open Entourage, click Entourage Preferences, and click Set Entourage to be my Default Email Client. Click OK. Click Tools then choose Mail Merge Manager Click Create New then choose Form Letters Click Get List then choose Open Data Source Browse to file Click Open Drag Placeholders into the document where desired Click on the button in “5. Preview Results” that says “ABC” and click on the left and right arrows to ensure that the results will appear as you want them Click Generate Email Messages Choose the email address field from the list of columns in your Excel file for the To line Enter a Subject for the Email Send as “HTML Text” Click on Mail Merge to Outbox They will appear in your Entourage Outbox, and you must then click Send and Receive in Entourage and then choose Send All Click Send on “Script is trying to run” message This moment of Wordiness brought to you by Work Lesley. :-D

Because someone else is going to ask and I'm not going to remember where I saved the file... Note: This will only work if you're using Word 07 and Outlook is your default email client. Click on the Mailings tab Click Start Mail Merge and choose Email Messages Click Select Recipients and choose Use Existing List Browse to your Excel File containing the email addresses (If you don't already have one you can go into excel and create it now and then come back) Click Open Compose your email Insert any merge fields that you want by clicking on Insert Merge Field and choosing the appropriate column name from your Excel file Click Finish and Merge and choose Send Email Messages In the "To" dropdown choose the name of the heading of the column in your excel file that contains the email addresses Compose a Subject line in the "Subject line" blank Chose between Text and HTML in the mail format blank (only use HTML if you have links or other formatting in your ...