Since I could not get this to work otherwise, we spent money to outsource the mail merge project. Thank you for the update. The sad things is - as you know - this should have worked for you. After spending many more hours exploring the client's computer yesterday, I believe we may have stumbled upon part of the issue - albeit still not resolved.
When I tried sending to plain text, the Outlook security prompt was displayed "Allow". But this was never displayed for HTML emails - and should have been. I installed Click Yes - and this stopped the Security prompt messages for plain text.
But still nothing happens for HTML. So I do believe it has to do with Security, and settings in the registry somewhere. I will keep updated. I have seen this on a number of occasions now over the years. No-one seems to have an answer - very frustrating.
With the last client, they had to buy a new computer - then all worked as it should! When I finish mail merge and select plain test I am getting security prompt programmatic security prompt in Outlook.
But when I select html then there is no prompt and I cannot find that email in outbox and not in sent. Since this is an old thread, if you need further assistance regarding this issue, I'd recommend you post a new question via:.
Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office programs. Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help, and unmark the answers if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact tnmff microsoft. Recently I've had the same issue on my computer. I tried many troubleshoot steps but it didn't bring expected result until I've found this:. It was, at its peak, requiring clicking Allow for every message sent as plain text and doing nothing for HTML emails.
After clicking allow for plain text, they showed up correctly in the sent mail. Resaving the Word document and restarting the merge did nothing. Removing that profile did nothing. There was no reference to denying access or file validation within the registry. Attempted to repair the account and data file from within Outlook, but it found no errors and there was no change. Attempting to repair Office resulted in this error: missing Standard. The profile was used as the default without a prompt now.
Reopened Outlook at the mail had sent! Mail merges now worked with Outlook open as well. If none of that works, repair Office. If you cannot repair Office, reinstall and hope that glaring at it for long enough will scare the software into functioning. Office Office Exchange Server.
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Sign in to vote. I tried the mail merge on an Office installation and it worked as expected. I am current on my updates, including Service Pack 1 for Office. Thank you. Thursday, September 27, PM. Have you had Outlook started before you run Mail Merge from Word? Have you checked the Outbox? Any items there? Then try to create a new Outlook profile to check if it work. Monday, October 1, AM. Thank you, Mary.
Monday, October 1, PM. Thanks for the feedback! Add another question: When create a new document with a few simple words, no special format, and mail merge it, will it work? Tuesday, October 2, PM. I am facing same problem as Mary! Did the same steps as Mary! Sameer Wagh. Monday, October 8, AM. Hi MaryP82, Did this ever work?
Can you try the following and let me know if this works? Thanks for your response to my reply Arthur. Here are the answers to your questions: This has never worked with my Outlook and Word installation. No other mail clients used or installed. I am running a bit version of Outlook. Monday, October 8, PM. Hi MaryP82, Thanks for the information. Thanks again for your time and effort on this.
Regards, Arthur. Tuesday, October 9, AM. Thank you Arthur. Tuesday, October 9, PM. Hi MaryP82, Thanks for the prompt response. Thursday, October 11, PM. Hi Arthur, Thanks for the additional steps. Friday, October 12, PM. Hi MaryP82, Thanks for the update; the reason why I wanted to know was so I could determine if it was failing on the Outlook end of things or the Word side of things.
Hi Arthur, Thank you for all your efforts and work on my issue. The answers to your questions: Are you an Administrator on your box? I am also facing similar problem. I am running Windows 7 32bit with office standard edition. I also have publisher installed. I am not able to send html messages from publisher and word.
However plain text and attachment messages are working fine. Sunday, October 21, AM. Hi MaryP82, Since you are running a trial version, I would run office scrub and do a clean uninstall of all office Monday, October 22, AM. Thank you for all your help Arthur.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled Office per your post above and still have the same problem. Monday, October 22, PM. I have had the identical results as Mary - and do NOT have a trial copy! No I am not going to restate the obvious steps that Mary has taken above. Friday, December 14, PM. Also the hotfix with kbKB fails with message "This update is not applicable for your computer. We run the corporate office version. Repairs and the mentioned fixit do not help. How can we make the hotfix run on our systems?
Tuesday, January 8, PM. I also have the same problem. Mail merge stopped working after a batch of updates applied to my laptop. Monday, February 17, PM. I have the same problem. Wednesday, May 28, AM. Regards, Celeste M.
Sunday, November 2, PM. Thursday, February 19, AM. Thursday, February 19, PM. Hi Mary: Thank you for the update. I too am having problems with the HTML e-mail merge. I always set my Outlook to offline so that i can see the merged emails in the outbox and this worked great on Friday.
My IT have just rolled out Lync and its stopped working - it seems to process the list as the names change on screen but the outbox is empty. I have tried sending as plain text and this works but i have to wait for each message to build and then click allow; this is not acceptable.
Any ideas what Lync has changed and how i can correct this? Click the left arrow or the right arrow to preview the way that the merged document will look for each recipient. Make any changes that you want.
When you are finished, click Next: Complete the merge. For more information about mail merge, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. Many occasions could give rise to the need to send the same email to different people. But what if you want to add a personalized attachment, such as an invoice, sales report or wedding invite, to an email before sending it out to each recipient?
This tutorial describes what a mail merge is and how to add an attachment when performing a mail merge in Outlook. The Mail Merge feature comes integrated into Microsoft Office programs. It saves users from having to send separate emails to each contact when using Outlook to send bulk email messages. While you can find other professional email software that has more functionalities than Outlook, the feature is offered free of charge and is easy to use. A mail merge involves creating several documents that basically have the same information and even graphics but with personalized details for each recipient.
A good example is if you want to send out a bunch of wedding invitations to, say, contacts. The text has to be the same, but the addresses and names have to be unique to each person. Microsoft Word will come in handy if you want to create your newsletter or email and add unique details, such as the addresses and names of the recipients.
Now, to create it, follow these steps:. To proceed, do the following:. Microsoft Word will automatically merge the e-mails and send a personalized email to each of your recipients. What if you want to attach a personalized file to your email message and send it to different contacts? Viruses and other forms of malware can be spread via email attachments. Email viruses are usually connected with phishing attacks where the messages are disguised to look as if they originated from trustworthy sources.
As a result, your computer becomes vulnerable to cybersecurity threats. While you can use antivirus programs to scan attachments for viruses, not all of them are powerful enough to detect all kinds of malware. For this reason, we recommend using Auslogics Anti-Malware The program runs a comprehensive analysis of your entire system, checking areas like registry entries, auto start items, browser extensions, cookies, and so on. Auslogics Anti-Malware also allows you to add files or folders to the exclusion list to prevent them from being scanned in the future.
If you have any questions about the Mail Merge feature or Outlook in general, please post them in the comments section below. This add-in also provides many more Mail Merge benefits such as doing a Mail Merge with an.
Verify that contacts are displayed Mail Merge Outlook To use the mail merge feature with an Outlook Contacts list, you must select the Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book check box in the Outlook Contacts Properties dialog box.
If no contact files are listed in Outlook, follow these steps: Right-click the contacts subfolder that is not being displayed, and then click Properties. For more information about how to start a mail merge from Microsoft Outlook, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: How to use the Mail Merge feature with contacts in Outlook and Outlook Mail merge with Outlook Contacts list To perform a mail merge with an Outlook Contacts list in Word, follow these steps, as appropriate for the version of Word that you are running: Microsoft Word On the Tools menu, click Letters and Mailings , and then click Mail Merge Wizard.
Use one of the following procedures: If you want the want the body of the letter to be the document that is currently open, click Use the current document under Select starting document. Click Next: Select recipients.
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