How to use Mail Merge in Word
The Mail Merge Tools on the Mailing Tab of Microsoft Word allows you to perform Mail Merging. These tools are
Start Mail Merge: The Start Mail Merge create one document and send it to multiple people. You can insert fields such as Name and Address. Word will make a copy for each Recipient and replace those fields with the person’s info.Select Recipient: Select Recipient allows you to choose the list of people you would like to send your document.Edit Recipient List: This changes your recipient list or chooses specific people to receive the mailing. In this tool, you can sort, filter, find and remove duplicates and validate the list’s addresses.
How to set up a Manual Mail Merge for letters
To set up a Manual Mail Merge for a letter, you need first to create a blank document, go to the Mailing tab.Select Start Mail Merge, then select Letters.Click Select Recipients.A drop-down menu will appear; you can choose to select Type a New List, Use an Existing List, choose from Outlook Contacts.
We are going to use Type a New List.
A dialog box labeled New Address List will pop up. In the dialog box, you can enter text into the rows and columns. On the left of the New Address List dialog box, some commands allow you to modify your list; these are called New Entry, Delete Entry, Find and Customize Columns. To add a new row, click New Entry. To delete a row, select Delete Entry. To add, delete, rename, move up and down Columns, Select Customize Columns. Enter Data into your list, choose OK and Save your file. If you want to go back and edit your list click Edit Recipient List, now edit. Now you can write or copy a letter into the document.
Place the cursor where you want to insert fields and select Insert and Merge Fields; choose the fields you want. You can see a preview of your Fields by clicking ABC Preview Results. To return to the documents showing the fields, click on the ABC Preview Results again.
Now select Finish and Merge. You can choose to Edit Individual Documents, Print Document, and Send Email Messages. Select your choice; then you will see the result.
Using the Mail Merge Wizard for the Letter
This time, we will create the mail merge by using the Step-By-Step Mail Merge Wizard, which is the easiest process in creating a Mail Merge.
Now we have a Mail Merge. Let us know in the comments if you have any problems and will get back to you.
