WD97: No Outlook Address Book File to Open on Hard Disk Drive
Article ID: 173934
Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q173934
SYMPTOMS
In the Open dialog box (on the File menu, click Open) in Microsoft Word 97,
you can select "Outlook Address Book (*.olk)" in the Files Of Type list.
However, Microsoft Outlook does not create files with that file name
extension, so there are no files to open.
CAUSE
Outlook does not create a separate .olk file to store addresses.
WORKAROUND
To access an Outlook address book in Word, use either of the following
methods.
Export the Address Book from Outlook
To export the addresses from Outlook, follow these steps:
- On the File menu, click Import And Export.
- In the Import and Export Wizard dialog box, click to select Export To A
File and then click Next.
- Click to select the folder you want to export from (for example, select
the Contacts folder), and then click Next.
- In the "Create a file of type" list, click to select either "Comma
Separated Values (Windows)" or "Tab Separated Values (Windows)," and
then click Next.
- Type a name for the new file in the Save Exported File As box, and
click Next.
- Click Map Custom Fields. Select the default map, and then click OK.
- Click Finish.
After Outlook creates the .csv or .tsv file, you can open the file in Word.
Use the Outlook Address Book as a Data Source for a Mail Merge
For additional information about how to Use the Outlook address book as a data sourcein Microsoft Word 97, click the article numbers below
to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
168236 WD97: Outlook Address Book Not Available in Mail Merge Helper
221178 WD97: Unable to Use Mail Merge with Outlook Address Book
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