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merging of mail merge databases

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donna1 - 02 Feb 2004 20:24 GMT
HI - I have Word 2002 on WIN XP.  I found I have five mail
merge databases for my spring sale.  I want to merge them
into one larger database (without re-keying each).  

If it can be done, can someone explain the steps?

Thanks - Donna
Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACTERS FROM EMAIL ADDRESS - 02 Feb 2004 22:30 GMT
Hi Donna,

You could use Access to link to each database and then use a make table
query and a series of append queries to create one new table.  Or you could
use a union query to combine all of the tables.

If that went right over your head, a Directory type mailmerge maindocument
in which you set up the field names of one of the data sources in the cells
of a one row table in the main document.  Then execute that merge and you
will get a document containing a table with all of the data records from the
database that you used as the data source.  Repeat this for each database,
and then copy and paste the tables from the documents produced by the
mailmerge operations into one table so that it will contain all of the
records.  Now go to the first row of that table and insert a row into which
you enter the field names.  Now save this document and use it as your
datasource.

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> HI - I have Word 2002 on WIN XP.  I found I have five mail
> merge databases for my spring sale.  I want to merge them
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> Thanks - Donna
Donna1 - 03 Feb 2004 21:02 GMT
Paragraph number two is my speed - thanks for the info

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