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I'm doing a mail merge for the first time in Word (Used WordPerfect for years
& it was easier). I think I can do the deed BUT I have a large list of names & addresses that I apparently need to make into a usable data file first but I can't seem to find how to do that. I really don't want to retype more than 100 names. Any ideas? Or can someone point where I should look for this? Thanks Dawk |
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Hi Dawk,
What file format are your data in (eg Word, Excel) and how are the data laid out? -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Dawk" wrote in message ... I'm doing a mail merge for the first time in Word (Used WordPerfect for years & it was easier). I think I can do the deed BUT I have a large list of names & addresses that I apparently need to make into a usable data file first but I can't seem to find how to do that. I really don't want to retype more than 100 names. Any ideas? Or can someone point where I should look for this? Thanks Dawk |
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Is the data file a "Wordperfect data file," and do you still have
WordPerfect (which version)? If so, your best bet is probably to create one last merge document in Wordperfect that outputs a new document with one row for each record - either a. one row in a table, with one column for each field or b. one row with a tab character between each field. Then save the resulting document in a format that Word can open - in the case of a document with a table, you will probably need to save as .rtf format. Otherwise, saving in a "plain text" format may work. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk Dawk wrote: I'm doing a mail merge for the first time in Word (Used WordPerfect for years & it was easier). I think I can do the deed BUT I have a large list of names & addresses that I apparently need to make into a usable data file first but I can't seem to find how to do that. I really don't want to retype more than 100 names. Any ideas? Or can someone point where I should look for this? Thanks Dawk |
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Sorry, I should have been more specific. The "name & address" file is in
Word 7. It's simply typed with name, address, postal code, etc with a hard return before we start again. Dawk "macropod" wrote: Hi Dawk, What file format are your data in (eg Word, Excel) and how are the data laid out? -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Dawk" wrote in message ... I'm doing a mail merge for the first time in Word (Used WordPerfect for years & it was easier). I think I can do the deed BUT I have a large list of names & addresses that I apparently need to make into a usable data file first but I can't seem to find how to do that. I really don't want to retype more than 100 names. Any ideas? Or can someone point where I should look for this? Thanks Dawk |
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I asume you mean Word 2007? Word 7 is something entirely different.
See http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm and jump in where the illustrations match what you have. Then see http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm (it's not only about labels!). -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Dawk wrote: Sorry, I should have been more specific. The "name & address" file is in Word 7. It's simply typed with name, address, postal code, etc with a hard return before we start again. Dawk "macropod" wrote: Hi Dawk, What file format are your data in (eg Word, Excel) and how are the data laid out? -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Dawk" wrote in message ... I'm doing a mail merge for the first time in Word (Used WordPerfect for years & it was easier). I think I can do the deed BUT I have a large list of names & addresses that I apparently need to make into a usable data file first but I can't seem to find how to do that. I really don't want to retype more than 100 names. Any ideas? Or can someone point where I should look for this? Thanks Dawk |
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