How do I get mailing labels in Word into a sortable form?

[CTA JR]

My organization has its mailing labels typed onto sheets of labels in Word.
When we want to send out a mailing we need to sort by zip code by hand. It
is very time consuming. Is there a way we can take the info from word and
put it into an Excel or Access data base so that the labels can be sorted
before they are printed?

Thanks.

Desparate for time.

 

[Doug Robbins]

See "Convert Labels into Mail Merge Data File" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at:

http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels_into_mail_merge.htm

Then you can sort the table before using it as a mailmerge datasource to
print the labels.
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Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP