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I have added my Outlook Public folders to my address book by:<br />
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* Right clicking the public listing, selecting Properties.<br />
* Going to the Outlook Address Book tab<br />
* Selecting Show this folder as an e-mail address book<br />
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Still when I go to do a merge from within Word (Tools &gt;&nbsp;Letters and mailing &gt;&nbsp;Mail Merge), when I select Select from Outlook contacts and then click Choose contacts folder, I get the following error message:<br />
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Unable to obtain list of tables from the data source. Any ideas why?
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I have added my Outlook Public folders to my address book by:

* Right clicking the public listing, selecting Properties.
* Going to the Outlook Address Book tab
* Selecting Show this folder as an e-mail address book

Still when I go to do a merge from within Word (Tools > Letters and mailing > Mail Merge), when I select Select from Outlook contacts and then click Choose contacts folder, I get the following error message:

Unable to obtain list of tables from the data source. Any ideas why?

Outlook Public Folders and Mail Merge

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