Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Word 2003

Starting a Mail Merge with the Mail Merge Wizard Task Pane

To help organize and structure the mail merge process, Word provides the Mail Merge Wizard task pane, shown in Figure 17.1. The Mail Merge Wizard task pane guides you step-by-step through a mail merge. To open it, choose Tools, Letters and Mailings, Mail Merge Wizard.

Figure 17.1. The Mail Merge Wizard task pane, as it appears when you begin a mail merge.

In the first window of the Mail Merge Wizard task pane, you choose the type of mail merge you want to create: Letters, E-mail Messages, Envelopes, Labels, or a Directory. When you've done so, click Next: Starting Document.

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