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. Anonymous
    2014-03-12T10:47:30+00:00

    Thank you!  These merge tools are handy for working online in one's  Microsoft Account.  I rarely do, except to play Solitaire.  My working account is always offline.  This is because I don't need Microsoft knowing my every move.

    I think you're onto something.  Along the way, Outlook told me that versions must be the same for Outlook and Word.  Mine aren't.  I've done everything as directed, so that must be the problem.

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  2. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-03-12T05:01:17+00:00

    Mixing versions of Office and Outlook has never been a very good idea.

    Try downloading the Contact List Add-in from the following page of my OneDrive

    https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=5aedcb43615e886b#cid=5AEDCB43615E886B&id=5AEDCB43615E886B%21566

    and save it in the Word Startup Folder.  When you then re-start Word, the following button will be added to the Insert Tab of the ribbon

    Clicking on that button will cause the following dialog to appear

    You can select to use either of the Business, Home or Other addresses of the Outlook Contact that you select.  The checkboxes alongside Title and Company are used to determine whether those elements of the persons coordinates will be inserted into the document along with the balance of their name and address

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