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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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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.
If you have Word 2010 Starter, then you can't customize the QAT.
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.
DiAnn,
No offense taken and you have nothing to apologize for. Actually I understand your post better now. It was the "link" itself that I posted, and not the solution it provides that you were having difficulty with. Graham must have changed the link since I first posted. I've edited the earlier post and I am providing the updated link here:
http://www.gmayor.com/Address_Book.htm
Give it a look when you have time. I think you will find it useful.
Greg,
Thanks for your kind reply and I WILL try the new link! I am creating a new Favorite folder with your name on it so I can find you when I get in a fix.
If you have any pull with MS, it would also be nice if they included the option to select "Insert Date" in their "Customize Quick Access Toolbar" when using Word. It's just a little pet annoyance of mine when you have to go to the "Insert" tab (I think it is there) to put the current date on a new letter you are writing. Then again, maybe YOU know something I do not and could give me another assist :-)
Warmest regards,
DiAnn