Simple Mail Merge Question

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Melanie - 05 Jan 2004 15:33 GMT

I have a letter that I want to merge with an excel
spreadsheet. When I open the letter in word, Mail Merge
is not an option to me. Why is that?

thanks for any help,
-Melanie

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Graham Mayor - 05 Jan 2004 15:49 GMT

In order to use a letter as a merge source document, yhou will need to tell
Word that it is a merge letter and attach a data file to it. Up to Word
2000, this was relatively simple, using the merge wizard; with Word 2002
things became a little more complex - although the following link uses
labels as a start point, the essential premise is the same for all merge
types. You may find it helpful to use the suggested merge toolbar to assign
the document type and add the data file - see
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm

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> I have a letter that I want to merge with an excel
> spreadsheet. When I open the letter in word, Mail Merge
> is not an option to me. Why is that?
>
> thanks for any help,
> -Melanie

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Nellie Boyadjieva - 05 Jan 2004 16:24 GMT

Check the link for info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;212329&Product=wrd20

Best regards,
Nellie
Microsoft Support

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