Microsoft® Office Word 2003 Step by Step

Key Points

• You can use the Mail Merge Wizard to merge a data source, such as a database or contact list, and a main document, such as a form letter or labels.

• The information in a data source is organized into records, with each record containing the same set of fields.

• You can use a list from another program, such as Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visual FoxPro, or the contact list from Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express.

• You can sort the information in a data source. You can also filter the data in the data source or exclude specific records so that they are not part of the merge process.

• You can create a main document in two ways: by using an existing document and inserting merge fields into it; or by creating a new main ...