A mail merge is when you have one letter that you need to go out to a bunch of people. You type up the letter putting field names where you want the peoples names to go, set up a database of names and *merge* the two. The result is that you get x amount of letters, all identical except for names, etc. You can set up address fields, etc. not just name fields.
For example: Dear <<firstname>>, Happy birthday for <<birthday>> <<birthmonth>>. All the best, Xilin and your database looked like this: Mary, 5, December John, 8, February Peter, 13, March you would end up with 3 letters like this: Dear Mary, Happy birthday for 5 December. All the best, Xilin and Dear John, Happy birthday for 8 February. All the best, Xilin Does that make sense? Look under the Help menu for mail merge and it should tell you how to do it. HTH, Riva Xilin wrote: > Hello all: > > In MS Word, there is one function named >"Mail Merge" in the drop down manu "Tool". > > I have never used this function. What >kind work can be done by it? Is there any >tutorial of it? > > Thanks! Xilin > ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
