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Mail merge issue from Word to Mail

gaellechx Posted messages 2 Status Member -  
Aliboron Martin Posted messages 3661 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   -
Hello,

I hope you can help me because I can't find an answer to my problem on the forum.

I am preparing a mail merge in Word (16.4.1) that I would like to send via Mail (10.3), everything works very well except that when I finish and merge, the mail merge to email option is grayed out!

I would like to point out that Mail is set as my default email app.

Thank you for your help, I have about 300 emails to personalize, and if this option worked I would save a lot of time.

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    Aliboron Martin Posted messages 3661 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   992
     
    A priori, email mail merge from Word 2016 is only possible if you use Outlook as the default mail client (whereas it was possible with Mail, if I remember correctly, in Office 2011). It's not specified like that in the help, but I just tested it...

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    1. gaellechx Posted messages 2 Status Member
       
      Thank you for your response, that's what I thought while browsing the forums. Is there another solution?
      I saw that a script could be run? But I don't have any mastery of that
      Are there any applications other than Word that would allow mail merge via email?

      Thank you in advance
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      1. Aliboron Martin Posted messages 3661 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   992 > gaellechx Posted messages 2 Status Member
         
        As an "alternative solution," the easiest way is to... use Outlook. But I imagine you don't have an Office license that includes this application.

        As for AppleScripts, you will find some leads at https://macscripter.net

        To do a mail merge specifically with Mail, check if Pages allows something like that. Otherwise, maybe LibreOffice (?)
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