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Word 2000 - Mail merge helper not there
Hello. I am trying to do a mail merge in Word 2000. I have gone to the MS web-site and looked for the "How to article, and get the following: Step 1: Open or Create the Main Document If you have a document that contains the boilerplate text that you want to use, open it. Or, if you want to create a new form letter and no blank document is currently displayed, click New on the Standard toolbar. On the Tools menu, click Mail Merge. In the Main Document area of the Mail Merge Helper dialog box, click Create. Click Form Letters. You are prompted to either use the active window for the main document or create a new main document. Click Active Window. The active document becomes the mail merge main document. Word returns to the Mail Merge Helper. Go to Step 2: Open or Create the Data Source. However, when I click on the Tools menu, as directed, I do not have a menu item called "Mail Merge". I have tried re-installing MS Office 2000, but nothing changed. What am I doing wrong? Also, I will attempt to do the mail merge using names and addresses listed on an Excel spreadsheet. Should I convert the spreadsheet to an Access file first? Thanks for any help you may be able to give. ------------------------------------------------ ~~ Message posted from http://www.WordForums.com/ |
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Word 2000 - Mail merge helper not there
I can't tell you why you can't find "mail merge" in your tools menu, but you should be able to merge with an excel spreadsheet in 2000 since I do it all the time in '97. There's a drop-down box somewhere in the process of choosing the source of your data that will allow you to choose between several inputs, including Access and Excel. Hope that helps a little, at least. ------------------------------------------------ ~~ Message posted from http://www.WordForums.com/ |
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Word 2000 - Mail merge helper not there
Thanks. I will try that part later. First, though, I have to get to the Mail Merge Helper. Thanks again for your quick response. ------------------------------------------------ ~~ Message posted from http://www.WordForums.com/ |
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Word 2000 - Mail merge helper not there
As Dayo Mitchell puts it:
Please note that WordForums.com is a very inefficient way to access these newsgroups. It is not an independent, self-sufficient website, but simply piggybacks onto public, international newsgroups. It mirrors the Microsoft public news server, and mirrors it slowly at that. Your questions show up on the server hours after you post them, and it seems the answers show up back at the site late. The majority of the people who may respond to your question are not using the site. See here for some suggestions on other ways to access the newsgroups, including how to find the best VBA group for you. http://word.mvps.org/FindHelp/index.htm -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "JMattero" wrote in message ... Hello. I am trying to do a mail merge in Word 2000. I have gone to the MS web-site and looked for the "How to article, and get the following: Step 1: Open or Create the Main Document If you have a document that contains the boilerplate text that you want to use, open it. Or, if you want to create a new form letter and no blank document is currently displayed, click New on the Standard toolbar. On the Tools menu, click Mail Merge. In the Main Document area of the Mail Merge Helper dialog box, click Create. Click Form Letters. You are prompted to either use the active window for the main document or create a new main document. Click Active Window. The active document becomes the mail merge main document. Word returns to the Mail Merge Helper. Go to Step 2: Open or Create the Data Source. However, when I click on the Tools menu, as directed, I do not have a menu item called "Mail Merge". I have tried re-installing MS Office 2000, but nothing changed. What am I doing wrong? Also, I will attempt to do the mail merge using names and addresses listed on an Excel spreadsheet. Should I convert the spreadsheet to an Access file first? Thanks for any help you may be able to give. ------------------------------------------------ ~~ Message posted from http://www.WordForums.com/ |
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Word 2000 - Mail merge helper not there
Hi JMattero,
However, when I click on the Tools menu, as directed, I do not have a menu item called "Mail Merge". Was your version of Word originally installed as part of the Works suite? As standalone? As part of Office 2000? You can try - Tools/Customize/Commands - Click on "Mail merge" - Then drag the Mail Merge Helper button to your Tools button; wait a while until it drops down (don't let go of the mouse button!); continue dragging to the position where you'd like to have it. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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