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How to perform a mail merge by using the Palm Pilot address book as the data source in Word 2002 and in Word 2003
This article describes how to perform a mail merge by using
the Palm Pilot address book as the data source in Microsoft Word 2002 and in
Microsoft Office Word 2003.
To perform a mail merge by using the Palm Pilot address book
as the data source, follow these steps.
Export the Palm Pilot address book to Microsoft Word
To do this, follow these steps:
- Start the third-party Palm Desktop program.
- In the left pane, click Address.
- On the Edit menu, point to Send
To, and then click MS Word.
Word opens
automatically. - In Word, on the File menu, click
Save As.
- In the Save In dialog box, click the
folder where you want to save the document, type the document name in the
File name box, and then click
Save.
Create a main document that you can use to perform a mail merge
To do this, follow these steps:
- On the Tools menu, click Letters
and Mailings, and then click Mail Merge
Wizard.
The Mail Merge task pane
appears. - Under Select document type, click the
document type that you want to use in the mail merge, and then click
Next.
- Under Select starting document, click the
document that you want to use, and then click
Next.
Select a data source
You can use the palm address book as a data source. To do this,
follow these steps:
- In the Mail Merge task pane under
Select recipients, click the Use an existing
list option, and then click Browse.
- In the Select Data Source dialog box,
locate, and then click the Word document that you created when you exported the
Palm Pilot address book to the Look in box, and then click
Open.
- In the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box,
you can edit your data if you have to.
When you are finished, click
OK. - Click Next, and then follow the
directions that appear in the Mail Merge task pane to complete
the mail merge.
The
third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies
that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or
otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.
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WD2002: Frequently asked questions about mail merge
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