Email Merge Is Greyed Out In Word
Hi, This grayed out options will be enabled when you use the Mail Merge feature in Word. For example, to start the Mail Merge with an Excel file, please follow: 1. In Word, choose File > New > Blank document.
She can add a recipient list just fine, but when she goes to select the merge to email option to complete the merge, the option is greyed out. I've searched through countless forums online and about the only help I've gotten from that is to make sure Outlook is set as the default mail app.
This grayed out options will be enabled when you use the Mail Merge feature in Word. For example, to start the Mail Merge with an Excel file, please follow: 1. In Word, choose File > New > Blank document. On the Mailings tab, in the Start Mail merge group, choose Start Mail Merge, and then choose the kind of merge you want to run. To execute Mail Merge, simply select Start Mail Merge from the Start Mail Merge under the Mailings tab. Choose the appropriate selection (letters, emails, etc.) from the dropdown menu, and left click your mouse. Microsoft Word will merge your lists with your documents. You can also select Step by Step Mail Merge Wizard.
Open the mail merge document and choose Yes when Word prompts you to keep the connection. To change addresses in mail merge document Open the mail merge document and choose Edit Recipient List to sort, filter, and choose specific addresses. By Faithe Wempen. After all the codes are inserted in the main document, it’s time to perform the merge. Secure email service for small business. There are three ways to go about this in Word 2016: you can merge to a new document, and then print that document as a separate step after examining the merge results, you can merge directly to your printer, or you can send email messages. Please bring Mail merge wizard back in Word 2016 Anonymous commented September 20, 2018 9:19 PM Flag as inappropriate Flag as inappropriate Delete Mail Merge Wizard is one of the hundreds of things I need to improve Word for Mac.
On the Mailings tab, in the Start Mail merge group, choose Start Mail Merge, and then choose the kind of merge you want to run. Choose Select Recipients > Use an Existing List. Browse to your Excel spreadsheet, and then choose Open.
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- If Merge to E-Mail is grayed out, it means Word doesn't think that Outlook is the default email client. I've seen two situations for this—one is addressed with that command in case Mail stubbornly keeps itself as the default email client, and the other is the corresponding Outlook version not being installed.
- Before you begin, open a blank document in Word and type the body of the email message you want to send. To send an email, a MAPI-compatible email program like Outlook or Gmail needs to be installed. Step 1: Create a main document in Word. Go to Mailings Start Mail Merge Email Messages.
If Word prompts you, choose Sheet1$ > OK. Then the grayed out would be visible for mail merging for you. For more information about Mail merge in Word, please refer to: Regards, Winnie Liang Please remember to mark the replies as an answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact. Hi, This grayed out options will be enabled when you use the Mail Merge feature in Word. For example, to start the Mail Merge with an Excel file, please follow: 1. In Word, choose File > New > Blank document.
On the Mailings tab, in the Start Mail merge group, choose Start Mail Merge, and then choose the kind of merge you want to run. Choose Select Recipients > Use an Existing List.
Browse to your Excel spreadsheet, and then choose Open. If Word prompts you, choose Sheet1$ > OK.
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Then the grayed out would be visible for mail merging for you. For more information about Mail merge in Word, please refer to: Regards, Winnie Liang Please remember to mark the replies as an answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact.
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Hi everybody Unfortunately I can't solve my merge letter problem and I have tried everything to solve it. For a better explanation I've made some screenshots of the spreadsheet and Word file. See attached In the spreadsheet I have several customers who have different campaigns. Now I want to print in Word per employer the different campaigns on one site. Now I tried to merge the data but I get only 6 pages from the employers which I marked green in the first picture. The other employers (it should be 12 pages) do not appear and I don't know why. Does anybody know why?
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Word 2016 For Mac Merge To Email Greyed Out
Thanks for your help! Your current approach won't work. Instead you could use Word's Catalogue/Directory Mailmerge facility (the terminology depends on the Word version). To see how to do so with any mailmerge data source supported by Word, check out my Microsoft Word Catalogue/Directory Mailmerge Tutorial at: or: The tutorial covers everything from list creation to the insertion & calculation of values in multi-record tables in letters. Do read the tutorial before trying to use the mailmerge document included with it.
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I use the mail merge feature a lot. When going in to edit the recipient list, is there a quick way to delete all of the previous information, or do you have to delete each recipient individually?
–Submitted by Karen from State College, PA
ANSWER:
If you created the list using Word 2007 and you do not have Access installed, you have to delete the records one at a time.
Deleting records by editing the source file in Access
If you have Access 2007 installed, you can edit the source file table and delete all of the records at one time. But do not change the structure of the table within Access 2007 or it will break the connection with your mail merge file.
To delete records, open Access 2007, then follow these steps:
- To open the data file, press Ctrl + O, then browse to the date file record and double click it. (The default location is C:My DocumentsMy Data Sourcesfile-name.mdb.)
- If you get a security warning, click Options, select Enable Content, and then click OK.
- In the Navigation Pane, double-click the Office_Address_List table icon to open the table for editing.
- Highlight all of the records you want to delete. (Left-click and drag the mouse.)
Note: You can only highlight adjacent records. If you want to skip records, you will have to highlight and delete in sections. - Right-click, then select Delete Record. Click Yes to verify the deletion.
- Close Access.
Go back to Word 2007 to add new recipients to the list and complete your mail merge.
Editing the recipient list
If you do not want to permanently delete the recipient list records, there is a quick way to deselect all of the recipients within the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box. All you need to do is uncheck the box at the top of the list.
After deselecting all records, you have to manually select recipients for the mail merge.
If you have a huge list and need to send mailings to specific contacts, it is easier to use the filter than to deselect all then have to select recipients one-by-one.
Instead of deselecting, at the bottom of the Edit Recipient List window, click Filter.
You can create very advanced filters in this screen using the And/Or operators, and selecting specific merge fields.
You can get more information about mail merge and other advanced word processing techniques from the book, Microsoft Word 2013 In Depth or Word 2016 In Depth. (affiliate links)
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Baffled
by: Joy S Laughter
Hello, I have used Mail Merge a lot in previous versions of Word. I come to Word 7 with a form letter ready, and a list of recipients ready, and I cannot make out how to use Mail Merge. There are no menu options that recognize I might already have a data file and a letter file ready to go. I am completely at the beginning again. And I cannot find any Mail Merge tutorials on this site, Word’s Help feature does nothing, so where do I go for instruction in Word 7’s Mail Merge??
Thank you.
How to Start a Mail Merge
by: Sue
Hi Joy:
To start a mail merge, click the Mailings Tab. In the Start Mail Merge group, click the Start Mail Merge button.If this is the first time you have used it, select Step by Step Mail Merge from the menu (it should be the last menu item). The wizard will walk you through selecting the type of merge, selecting your recipient list (the data file), editing recipients, etc.Once you get the hang of it, you can ditch the wizard and use the buttons on the ribbon to complete your mail merges.
De-selecting
by: Anonymous
I can not get this feature to work on my computer. Is there a setting I need to select? I click on that box, but nothing happens. All my records are still selected.
Deselect All Not Working
by: Sue
Hi Anon:
I don’t know why a deselect wouldn’t work so I need more info from you so I can try to reproduce the problem.
Why Is Mail Merge Greyed Out In Word
- What version of Word are you using?
- What operating system?
- What type of merge document? (letter, envelope, labels)
- What type of date source? (Excel, Outlook, Access…)
Thanks.
Oh, and one last thing. Are you working on files located on a network server? Or local files?
recipient list
by: Anonymous
I am working with Word 2007 on a Microsoft LAN operating system is XP office. My word file is a document with the data on an Excel worksheet with 753 records.
Deselect All Not Working
by: Sue
I have tried unsuccessfully to reproduce the problem, which means it might be caused by working on files located on a server.
Try copying the files to your local machine then try to deselect all of the recipient names using the instructions in this tutorial.
I hope this works for you. Can you do me a favor and report back here with your results? Thanks!
De-selecting
by: Anonymous
Copying the files to my hard drive did not make any difference. It has to be something with the installation of MS office on my machine. I can login to our network on a different workstation and I have no problems.
Repair Microsoft Word
by: Sue
Try doing a repair on your installation:
- Click the Office Button, then Word Options.
- Select the Resources tab, then click Diagnose.
Why Is Mail Merge Greyed Out
It takes awhile for the tool to run. Allow it to run all tests and fix any problems it finds.If that doesn’t work, you may need to reinstall Microsoft Office. Or contact your IT dept and tell them exactly what is happening and that it seems to be isolated to your workstation.
Adding Names to Mail Merge Recipient List
by: Elizabeth
I have entered names into a saved mail merge table but I now need to add more names and addresses. I have tried to edit the list and find no where that I can do this. I was able to edit and add names in previous versions of word. What do I need to do.
Editing a Mail Merge Source Document
by: Sue
I think what you are trying to do is add names to the data source that was created by clicking Type New List. (These lists are saved as Microsoft Access tables.)To edit that list, open your merge document, then click Mailings tab > Edit Recipient List.In the lower-left of the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box, in the Data Source section, click to highlight the name of the data source you want to change, then click Edit.Now you can add or delete as many names as you want. Click New Entry to add a new names to the list. To delete an entry, highlight it, then click Delete Entry.
When you are finished editing the list, click OK to go back to the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box where you can edit the recipient list.