Here
is a course handout from the University of Waterloo that teaches you
how to use Word 2002 to create form letters, mailing labels, department
directories etc. by using Word's built-in Mail Merge feature. The
training document is titled "Mail
Merge Using Microsoft Word 2002". This mail merge
training handout can also be used for Word 2003. It is in pdf format,
37 pages in length, and 583 kb in size.
Word
2002 Mail Merge Contents:
*
Starting a Mail Merge
o
Creating the data to be merged
o Creating the main document
o
Merging to letters
o
Merging
using email
o
Specifying data
fields in the main document
o
Storing data to be merged
* Selecting data to be
merged
* Inserting data into a document based on
the value of a field
* Merging to a new document
* Merging directly to the printer
* Merging to
mailing labels
* Merging to lists (e.g.
departmental phone directories)
* Merging data that
is not stored in your word processing document
o merging from a text file
o
merging from an Excel spreadsheet
o merging from an Access database
+ initiating the Merge from your word processor
+ initiating the Merge from Access