10. Creating Mail Merge Documents

What You’ll Do

Start the Mail Merge

Import Data from a Database

Import Data from Outlook

Create a Data Document

Edit the Data Source

Sort and Filter Data

Create a Form Letter

Preview the Mail Merge

Complete the Mail Merge

Merge to E-Mail

Create Merged Mailing Labels

Create Merged Envelopes

Address Envelopes and Labels

Introduction

Whether you are looking to personalize your annual Christmas letter to friends and family, or prepare a direct-mail marketing piece to 10,000 customers of your business, Word’s Mail Merge Wizard is up to the task. To perform a mail merge, you need a form letter that contains the text you want to send out, plus merge fields for the information that you want to use to personalize ...

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