Hi there. I am a novice user of all these programs really.

I work as a physiotherapist assessing injured peoples workplaces before they
return to work. After each assessment I will write a report and perhaps send
a fax or two, maybe write a letter to a doctor etc. For each client I may
write between 4-8 documents over a number of weeks. I spend a fair bit of
time cutting and pasting basic details such as name and address details, case
manager details, claim numbers etc into the various documents.

Could I please be pointed in the right direction to learn how to make this
task easier. Is it possible to set up an initial database for each client,
and then set up word templates whereby if I want to write a certain type of
report it will automatically import the details I want from the database into
the appropriate places of a word template?

I have had people suggest either Access or Excell as the initial program for
holding the original data, and then somehow merging the data needed into
templates. Where can I learn how to do this? How do I do this?

Any advice would be greatly appreciaited.

Thanks, Ben