To change what time format gets displayed you need to editing the field code with Edit Field… this is available by selecting it on a right click on the current field, in this case on the merge field marked «Time» Then Field Codes button and add the following to get just the hours without any seconds. Time format, by default you’ll get all sorts of weird time formats. The way you get around this is by requesting the next record, do this by marking the start of the next block with «Next Record»īefore the request for «AddressBlock», so you’ll have your next record starting with: if you just copy and paste the text 3 times on the one Word document then this doesn’t work, it’ll just repeat the same persons name and address 3 times. Now to cover one of problems my wife was having, she wanted to being able to have 3 letters printed to 1 page, thus saving on paper. Now for the fun bit, work your way through the wizard, select an your Excel file to use & add to the existing letter an Address Block from the left menu, this will add in the address for each person, then choose a Greeting Line both of these two options reduces the amount of work that you have to put into your letter and personalises it to the max.
Next click the Mailings tab, Start Mail Merge drop down and select Step by Step Mail Merge Wizard
The first thing you need to do a mail merge is some data in Excel, I made up the following:
HOW TO SET UP MAIL MERGE TEMPLATE HOW TO
I thought I’d add it as a blog post for two reasons, first to help you and second to remind me how to do it.
HOW TO SET UP MAIL MERGE TEMPLATE CRACKED
So this is what I learnt as I cracked the issues that she couldn’t, so this time next year her job will be that much easier.
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I opted to learn how to use the mail merge features of MS Word linked to Excel, as each year my wife goes on about the hassles that she gets whilst trying to mail 4000 people & how difficult it is to get it right. I’ve recently had a much more advanced email merge to contend with, so inserting the link to that post here.Īdvanced Mail Merge : Multiple clickable URL entries per mail to user *** UPDATE 2021 *** The below has helped a lot of people out over the years since it was written in 2013.
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