How do I create an address book in Word 2010

Anonymous
2010-09-01T00:34:30+00:00

I have tried numerous help searches but cannot find an answer on creating an address book (or is it contacts) in Word 2010. While using WordPerfect it was simple. I just clicked on "tools" and then "address book" selected an individual and then clicked "insert" and the name appeared in the recipient box of the envelope window. In word you have to manually enter a recipient address. How do I go about creating a list of contacts and addresses so I don't have to manually type in the recipient's name and address when I am creating an envelope?

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Anonymous
2010-09-01T11:52:14+00:00

There is no address book or contacts in Word. It is Outlook that is the email client which has the contacts database. If you don’t have Outlook, what do you use as your email client? That may have what you are looking for.

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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2012-07-23T03:39:22+00:00

If you have Word 2010 Starter, then you can't customize the QAT.

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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2012-06-17T12:57:10+00:00

The keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+D inserts a DATE field using the currently selected default date format. If you want just date text rather than a field, you have to immediately unlink it with Ctrl+Shift+F9. Greg's macro is more efficient, however, because it inserts the date as text to begin with.

A possibly better approach for letters, however, is to use a letter template that includes the CREATEDATE field. Whenever you create a new document based on this template, the field will be updated to the current date and will never update thereafter (the template retains the date it was created, but new documents have their own creation dates).

For more on creating letter templates, see http://WordFAQs.mvps.org/Letterhead.htm.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-01-07T18:24:20+00:00

    Are you looking for the Quick Access Toolbar? By default, it is displayed above the Ribbon and contains only Save, Undo, Redo, and Quick Print. You may want to move it below the Ribbon; click the arrow at the end and choose that option. When you click the arrow, you'll see that the menu includes some other commands you can add; selecting More Commands... opens the dialog to customize the QAT, which  you seem to have done.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-07T18:17:46+00:00

    Hi Curtis, I've been struggling to find a way to make an address book in MS Word 10 and ran

    accross your tips using Quick Access Toolbar.... I followed your directions and had address book

    moved over to the right and saved.....

    Here's my problem, I can't find where it is... Quick Access Toolbar, I'm not sure if you

    mean the one that shows immediately or if there is another one I should be looking

    for, for the address book....

    If you get a second, could you write me and let me know where it is...

    FYI... you placed this in the forum Nov. 2011...   Thanks in advance, Trudy

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