relational mail merge

[Tony4x4]

Hi there,

I need to do a mail merge using a relational database i.e. Family Details
linked to Family members.

Can it be done? If so how?

Thanks

Tony

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

It really depends upon what you want in the output. If you want to pull
data from two tables, you would use a select query to link the tables on a
common field and use the query as the data source.

If you are talking about a "multiple items per condition (=key field)"
mailmerge, Word does not really have the ability to do it and I would use a
report in the database instead. However, see the "Group Multiple items for
a single condition" item on fellow MVP Cindy Meister's website at:

http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/mergfaq1.htm#DBPic

Or take a look at the following Knowledge Base Article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;211303

Or at:

http://www.knowhow.com/Guides/CompoundMerges/CompoundMerge.htm

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP