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Chapter 23 Merging Data and Documents
Using Mail Merge to Personalize Form Letters
By far the most common mail merge scenario involves a form letter, a database, and a
printer. You have a database of names and addresses, most likely in an Outlook Contacts list,
but possibly in the form of an Access database, an Excel list, or a simple text file in tab- or
comma-delimited format. And you have a form letter (or at least an idea of what you want
to write). That’s all you need: In Word-speak, you have a data source and a main merge doc-
ument. The rest is just juggling.
The Mail Merge Wizard walks you through six steps, each of which is neatly labeled ...