Can someone help me do a mail merger in MS Word ?

[leeland]

hello
i am trying to set up addresses for my wedding for the invitations, so i don't have to write them all out by hand. I want to just use clear labels and put everyone's name into the computer and be able to print them all out on clear lablels...

Is their a way to do this on WORD XP ??? i have a friend at work who's husband did a mail merger for their wedding and said it worked awsome so i want to do it lol.


any help appreciated


P.S. i am off to walmart to get my clear labels for my printer right now


leeland

 

[LiLithTecH]

How you set it up depends on what you are going to use
to input the Names & Addresses.
(Personal Address Book, Outlook Address Book, Excel, etc...)

Do a GOOGLE search for "Word XP Mail Merge" and you will find plenty of info.

 

[bub]

I'm still using Office97, but XP version should be close to same.

For me, the easiest method is to use Excel or Access for a database. If you have Word, you probably have Excel.

So in Excel column 1 type: First Name; column2 type Last Name; column3 type Address; column4 City;...
Directly underneath above headings, type the info.
Save this file to your harddrive.

In Word(97) goto Tools>Mail Merge>Main Document>Create>Mailing Labels>Active Window>Get Data>direct it to where you saved the Excel file. At the bottom of screen, clk on 'Types of Files'>MS Excel Worksheets.

From here on, you should be able to follow the directions.

If you don't have Excel, forget I was here!

 

[leeland]

thanks alot it worked great


leeland