[piggy]

I have a lot of names and addresses on microsoft word. I add to these names
every year. I use the Avery mailing labels. How do I get these names and
addresses in alphabetical order so as not to send more than one mail out to
the same person? Thank you in advance, pk

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You need to sort your mail merge data source before merging the labels. If
you have only the labels, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMe...ToDatafile.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"piggy" wrote in message
...
I have a lot of names and addresses on microsoft word. I add to these names
every year. I use the Avery mailing labels. How do I get these names and
addresses in alphabetical order so as not to send more than one mail out
to
the same person? Thank you in advance, pk

[piggy]

That reply was so complicated, I may just jump off a cliff, lol, the names
and addresses were typed by me and saved in the word, 2003, program, all I
have to do to print the labels is hit print, but I still don't know how to
put them in alphabetical order. Was your reply the only way to do this?
Regards, PK

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You need to sort your mail merge data source before merging the labels. If
you have only the labels, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMe...ToDatafile.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"piggy" wrote in message
...
I have a lot of names and addresses on microsoft word. I add to these names
every year. I use the Avery mailing labels. How do I get these names and
addresses in alphabetical order so as not to send more than one mail out
to
the same person? Thank you in advance, pk

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Pretty much, yes. The method described has a lot of steps but isn't really
hard. Print out the page and just follow the directions.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"piggy" wrote in message
...
That reply was so complicated, I may just jump off a cliff, lol, the names
and addresses were typed by me and saved in the word, 2003, program, all I
have to do to print the labels is hit print, but I still don't know how
to
put them in alphabetical order. Was your reply the only way to do this?
Regards, PK

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You need to sort your mail merge data source before merging the labels.
If
you have only the labels, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMe...ToDatafile.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"piggy" wrote in message
...
I have a lot of names and addresses on microsoft word. I add to these
names
every year. I use the Avery mailing labels. How do I get these names
and
addresses in alphabetical order so as not to send more than one mail
out
to
the same person? Thank you in advance, pk

[Graham Mayor]

Try an alternative set of instructions
http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm then
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm or
http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



piggy wrote:
That reply was so complicated, I may just jump off a cliff, lol, the
names and addresses were typed by me and saved in the word, 2003,
program, all I have to do to print the labels is hit print, but I
still don't know how to put them in alphabetical order. Was your
reply the only way to do this? Regards, PK

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You need to sort your mail merge data source before merging the
labels. If you have only the labels, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMe...ToDatafile.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"piggy" wrote in message
...
I have a lot of names and addresses on microsoft word. I add to
these names every year. I use the Avery mailing labels. How do I
get these names and addresses in alphabetical order so as not to
send more than one mail out to
the same person? Thank you in advance, pk