Trying to merge email from Word to Outlook on Mac not working

Anonymous
2020-07-16T17:33:12+00:00

I have used the Merge to Email feature in Word to merge emails to Outlook hundreds of time.  It isn't currently working.  I use a Mac.

I've restarted my computer.

I've deleted Microsoft Office apps and reinstalled

I've created a new document with no formatting

I've changed fonts (to Calibir Light, to Times New Roman)

Have tried with two different email accounts and two different computers within my organizatoin

and still nothing....

It will either send one email to the first name in my Excel listing of emails or nothing at all.  Always get the same error message.

Please help.  And thanks.

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Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2020-08-06T06:55:09+00:00

The issue has been fixed in the 16.40 update that will be released on patch Tuesday next week.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-07-23T14:10:59+00:00

    I have used the Merge to Email feature in Word to merge emails to Outlook hundreds of time.  It isn't currently working.  I use a Mac.

    I've restarted my computer.

    I've deleted Microsoft Office apps and reinstalled

    I've created a new document with no formatting

    I've changed fonts (to Calibir Light, to Times New Roman)

    Have tried with two different email accounts and two different computers within my organizatoin

    and still nothing....

    It will either send one email to the first name in my Excel listing of emails or nothing at all.  Always get the same error message.

    Please help.  And thanks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-07-23T08:15:20+00:00

    Hi Richard,

    You can use the Office 365 suite link I provided:

    Office for Mac version 16.38(20061401)

    Just change your current Outlook application's name in Finder > Applications, to Outlook 16.39. And install the Office Package, there will be a new Outlook instance installed on your Mac, the version will be 16.38, and it won't affect other existing version 16.39 office applications.

    Regards,

    Alex Chen

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-07-23T07:05:11+00:00

    hi Guys - can anyone give me the link to the 16.38 version of Outlook? I have installed Word V16.38 but apparently you need to also install the Outlook V16.38 too....but where to find it?? Please share the link.

    thanks

    Richard

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-07-22T18:57:18+00:00

    I've successfully renamed Word and Mail 16.39 and downloaded and installed Word and Mail 16.38.  Mail Merge works now but I found a couple residual issues:

    1.  I had AutoUpdate on and when I rebooted (to clear everything) it wanted to update Word and Mail back to 16.39.  I've now turned Auto Update off and that's resolved other than asking if I want to update each time I reboot.   
    2.  Mail Merge works but when it is complete something is still trying to start Mail version 16.39 so I get this error message:  

    "Only one Outlook app can run at a time. Please quit any other Outlook apps that are running and try to launch Outlook again."

    Then there is a 'ghost' icon of Outlook 16.39 (not running) in the task bar.  I can easily remove it but something in the system seems to still be pointing to it.  It's more of an inconvenience since Mail Merge is working again.

    Hope it's fixed soon!

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