[Jacquie]

This is my homework and if someone can help me I would appreciate it so much
because I do not understand any of it.. this is the direstions and
description:

Using word's mail merge feature, create customized cover letters to
accompany your resume you'll start by creating a data source and filling it
with address information for potential employers. Then you'll create a cover
letter to use as a main document. Combine this data for your mail merge
assignment.

so Is that asking me to write a resume and then do a cover page?

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

No. It is asking you to create a data source containing the address
information for potential employers and then create a cover letter in the
form of a mail merge main document to which you attach that data source and
then execute the merge to create letters addressed to each potential
employer.

See the article "Creating a Mail Merge Data Source" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMe...DataSource.htm

and "How to create a Mail Merge" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMe...AMailMerge.htm

However, if you did not understand what you were supposed to do when it was
really quite clear, ......

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Jacquie" Jacquie @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
This is my homework and if someone can help me I would appreciate it so
much
because I do not understand any of it.. this is the direstions and
description:

Using word's mail merge feature, create customized cover letters to
accompany your resume you'll start by creating a data source and filling
it
with address information for potential employers. Then you'll create a
cover
letter to use as a main document. Combine this data for your mail merge
assignment.

so Is that asking me to write a resume and then do a cover page?