Included Exercise Files
Skill Level : Intermediate
Duration : 2h 20m
Language : English
Released : 3/2/2016
Size : 332,94 Mb
Learn how to use Word's Mail Merge feature to quickly build customized documents, everything from personalized letters and envelopes to labels and email messages. Author Gini Courter shows how to use Mail Merge to take a form letter or any other template and insert data in the form of variables, such as names, addresses, dates, and amounts due. She also covers how to connect to existing data sources in Access, Outlook, and Excel; create new data sources; add attachments to merged email messages; use rules for advanced mail merges; and troubleshoot Mail Merge issues.
Topics include:
Choosing a data source
Creating a new data source
Using Mail Merge with Outlook contacts
Mail merging data from an Excel spreadsheet
Inserting address blocks, greetings, and other fields
Matching fields from a data source
Formatting numeric data and dates
Creating personalized email messages
Attaching Word documents to merged emails
Creating envelopes, labels, and directories
Using rules for customized merges: FILLIN, ASK, and IF…THEN…ELSE
