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Old September 6th, 2004, 04:37 PM
heno1973
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When creating a mail merge to send out a form letter, where do you store the
names and addresses of the recipients?

A. Main document
B. Data source
C. Label file
D. New address document

in Word 2002

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Old September 6th, 2004, 05:17 PM
Doug Robbins
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In the data source which can be another Word document containing a table
with the mergefield names in the first row of the table, an Excel
spreadsheet - likewise with the mergefield names in the first row of the
spreadsheet, a table in an Access database, a comma delimited text file, a
contacts list in Outlook, or ....

See the article "Creating a Mail Merge Data Source" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/...DataSource.htm

or "How to convert addresses into a Mail Merge Data Source" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/...ToDatafile.htm

and "How to create a Mail Merge" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/...AMailMerge.htm


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When creating a mail merge to send out a form letter, where do you store
the
names and addresses of the recipients?

A. Main document
B. Data source
C. Label file
D. New address document

in Word 2002



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Old September 6th, 2004, 05:17 PM
Doug Robbins
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In the data source which can be another Word document containing a table
with the mergefield names in the first row of the table, an Excel
spreadsheet - likewise with the mergefield names in the first row of the
spreadsheet, a table in an Access database, a comma delimited text file, a
contacts list in Outlook, or ....

See the article "Creating a Mail Merge Data Source" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/...DataSource.htm

or "How to convert addresses into a Mail Merge Data Source" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/...ToDatafile.htm

and "How to create a Mail Merge" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/...AMailMerge.htm


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Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be
interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid
consulting basis.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"heno1973" wrote in message
...
When creating a mail merge to send out a form letter, where do you store
the
names and addresses of the recipients?

A. Main document
B. Data source
C. Label file
D. New address document

in Word 2002



 




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