Mail Merge in Word 2003 - terrible so far

[leeper]

Maybe I'm missing something, but Mail Merge in Word 2003 is terrible. I work
with a large address list and I don't want to have to check certain boxes
each time I want to send a form letter and the corresponding envelopes. In
Word 2000, I used to create a heading YorN in my data file and in the query
options box I would mark that if there was a Y in that column, use that
record. I didn't have to recheck the box for an envelope because my Y was
already there. I hope I am missing something and that someone will be able
to tell me an easier way of mail merge in Word 2003. Thanks.

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[Doug Robbins]

This is not the place for suggestions such as that.

From the Tools menu, select Customize and then go the the Commands tab of
the Customize dialog and select the All Commands category and then scroll
down through the list of commands and locate the Mailmerge Helper item and
then left click and drag it onto a toolbar. You can then do it the way that
you used to.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[leeper]

Doug, thank you so much. I realize that it was a question and not a
suggestion but in my desperation, I didn't notice that there was a way to
differentiate. Anyway, thank you very much for your reply. You're great!
and you saved me a lot of time. --Lee