If you select all of the addresses and then select Convert Text to Table
from the Tables menu selecting the Paragraphs as the separator and each
address ends up in a separate cell of the table, all you need to do then is
insert a row at the top of the table into which you insert a field name to
be used when you set up the mail merge.

See "Convert Labels into Mail Merge Data File" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at:

http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm

See the article "Mailmerge Labels with Word XP" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at

http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm


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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Neil" wrote in message
news
I'm a newbie. I've been trying to do a mailmerge using a Word .doc file
which
has a list of addresses separated by hard returns (see example below). My
various attempts have failed. Can I do a mailmerge with a Word .doc file
and
if so, can someone give me step by step instructions. Thanks to anyone who
can help.

John Public
1111 Melody Lane
Silver Spring, MD

Jane Public
2222 Evans Drive
Bethesda, MD